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[–] HikingVet 52 points 3 months ago (18 children)

Except if they were halfway intelligent they wouldn't have it go automatically to the site.

And when you do this and something goes really wrong criminal charges get laid.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 53 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I'm not sure if you could actually get criminal charges for this unless you were hosting the malware in which case that's another issue. It would essentially be the same as walking around with a website URL on your shirt. The observer is responsible for typing in the URL or scanning the code and what they decide to do on the website that follows.

[–] HikingVet 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's the argument that you distrubuted it.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

got it from a thrift shop, I don't even know what that square thing is

[–] HikingVet 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about the states, but here in Canada the government takes the position "ignorance of the law is not a defence".

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're not being ignorant of the law - you're being ignorant of the weird computer square printed on the shirt you thrifted

[–] HikingVet 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Claiming you didn't know it could cause harm isn't a defense in court in Canada.

Anymore bullshit?

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Christ you're a cordial fellow

I was, I thought quite clearly, having a joking poke. Obviously "didn't know lol" isn't a defense.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Same argument for having it direct you to somewhere like meatspin. Can't be distributing porn to minors.

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