[Cryptography] Sky Global Indictment, March 12, 2021

[Nabil Alsharif]

On 3/31/21 4:19 PM, Amarendra Godbole wrote:
>> To start thing off: I AM _NOT_ A LAWYER
>>
>> In general such a defense in the US would require the company reasonably not know that its services are being used for illicit activity and the company make an effort to stop and prevent the use of its services for illegal activity. If you are marketing your product as a way to avoid law enforcement, or if you know that a client us using your product for illegal activity without reporting or at least blocking that client you don't have much of a defense.
> [...]
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> By this reasoning, firearms manufacturers have no defense either. Or
> am I misunderstanding what you are trying to say?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> -Amarendra

Yes and no. Since a firearm manufacturer doesn't _know_ if a firearm is
going to be used for criminal purposes or not it does have a defense.
However, if I walk in to a firearm store and say that I want to buy a
gun and rob a bank, the store doesn't have a defense any more since now
they _know_ that I intend to use the gun for illegal purposes.

Thanks,
Nabil
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