LCA: Jacob Appelbaum on surveillance and censorship

Then, it's the equivalent of marketing something as a generic tool with no specific marketed use, which if perfectly fine... (Again, I still really hate this example, because it's sort of implying there's any "wrong" use of alcohol, which I strongly disagree with...)

> what if the same product is marketed in multiple ways?

Then, how about you go after the ones specifically encouraging the illegal uses and marketing it for those specific uses? If someone repackaged "metasploit" say, as "ScriptKiddiesHelper", and actively marketed it to script kiddies for the express use of illegally cracking into hosts, I'd have no problem with them being stopped or even arrested, since they're actively promoting illegal behavior... That doesn't mean they should go after metasploit itself, however!

Remember, the example that started all this from the article was about a company that was specifically marketing a device to repressive governments that allows them to spy on their citizens and place malware on their machines... I don't think there's anything wrong with going after them... They are obviously soulless scum... But, that doesn't mean whatever software they're using underneath for this nefarious use should be gotten rid of... For instance, it says they're at least using Linux; but, Linux itself isn't marketed for such use...

> if you just go by marketing, then just about all cars would be banned as
> the advertisements show them driving at illegal speeds (or does fine
> print in the advertisement satisfy you, and what does that do to your
> 'marketing test'?

I do think such commercials are pretty stupid, really... But, I don't know if you can say they're really marketting the cars for illegal use, either... Even without the fine-print disclaimers, excessive speed isn't necessarily always illegal... On the Autobahn, on a race track, on a private road, you can go any speed you like... Not to mention, most people see speeding as one of those 'minor' semi-crimes, like jaywalking, which everyone does and no one really cares about... It's not seen as "evil" or immoral, really...