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‘So you’re saying he hacked your game.’ And I hear in the background: ‘I didn’t hack anything!’ I start describing it more technically. She says, ‘Is this a problem?’ I say, ‘Hacking software, that’s a federal crime, but I don’t want that to be the conversation. Why don’t we make it a conversation about the good and bad things he can do with a computer?’

To the people saying he threatened a kid, I think he did the exact opposite? He made them aware that technically it’s a crime, to convey the severity, but also said he doesn’t want that to be the conversation he’s having with the parents.

To me that sounds like he didn’t want to threaten with legal action, but the parents did need to be aware that it was a crime, technically speaking.

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“It’s a federal crime” : the implication is clear.

What was said after that was sophistry to make him sound better.

The moment he said “it’s a federal crime”, the response should be “then I guess we’re done talking here”.

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- Donut@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The parent literally asked whether their kid was in trouble. Wouldn’t it be disingenuous to not answer truthfully (at the caveat that it was actually the truth)?
  
  I saw it more as a way to resolve it peacefully without getting to the stuff nobody likes
  
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  - Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Wouldn’t it be disingenuous to not answer truthfully (at the caveat that it was actually the truth)?
    
    Well there’s the problem. Doesn’t seem that the kid did anything illegal, so the federal crime implication was a very disingenuous scare tactic.
    
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  - RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And he still didnt answer. His response, to immediately bring up that “hacking” is a federal crime, implied that he is in trouble, but then what he said after changed it to “well, he WOULD be in trouble, but if you do XYZ, maybe we can change that.” Thats a threat, plain and simple.
    
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- catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Really as soon as a lawyer is calling you is when you should stop talking and get your own lawyer.
  
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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t believe it is a crime, but if someone knows which law prohibits it I’m happy to learn.

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- Donut@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think the crime here is to post those images online? I don’t know the specifics of US copyright law. This article is about leaking though, the datamining wasn’t the problem.
  
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  - catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It would almost certainly fall under fair use.
    
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