Re: go public to avoid jail

[Stephen Mullins <steve.mullins.work () gmail com>]

That might work if you went through some sort of "official" channels
with a bill of sale and so forth.  Claiming that you sold it to "some
guy on irc" after a paypal payment cleared your account probably
wouldn't be much of a defense in court.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM, T Biehn <tbiehn () gmail com> wrote:
> Or you could just auction it off to the 'highest bidder.'
>
> -Travis
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:48 PM, J Roger <securityhocus () gmail com> wrote:
> > An important lesson from childhood, sharing, could help keep you out of
> > jail.
> >
> > According to the following (dated) Wired article,
> > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/stephen-watt/ Stephen Watt got
> > screwed because he supplied his friend with a software tool he wrote and his
> > friend used it to commit a crime.
> >
> > Had Stephen released his tool to the public (with as much or as little
> > fanfare as he liked) would he still have gone to jail?
> >
> > He could make a good argument for legitimate uses of his tool as well. It
> > would be useful for anyone performing a PCI penetration test in compliance
> > with PCI DSS 11.3
> >
> > Remember kids, sharing is caring (that you not spend the next 2 years in
> > federal prison)
> >
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