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TotallyHumanPinkySwear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I think there is a misunderstanding: I am not the one carrying out the attack in this instance, I only lend some CPU cycles to a coordinated attack. The bandwidth I contribute is insignificant (I mean… a RPi and the impact to my own services is not noticeable). The attack is only effective with lots of people with the same ideals.

I think the gun analogy does not really work here: you cannot be held accountable for creating any part of a gun, in case of a murder.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I am not the one carrying out the attack in this instance, I only lend some ~~CPU cycles~~ firearms to a coordinated attack.

Intent is the thing you are missing. You know the end result of your actions. That is why this action is illegal in civilised countries.

I think the gun analogy does not really work here: you cannot be held accountable for creating any part of a gun, in case of a murder.

It absolutely applies, but you are not making the gun are you? You are handing a working firearm with ammo to someone you know will do something illegal.
If I borrowed my friends firearm and said I’m going to the range, that is a normal thing. If I said I’m going to Bondi Beach with it, that is a cause for concern and why people get caught up in accessories charges.

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theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I think the gun analogy does not really work here: you cannot be held accountable for creating any part of a gun, in case of a murder.

You’re not making the gun, the programmers that wrote the DDoS program did. You’re firing it.

It’s more like, you and a bunch of your friends murder by getting together and flinging the victim with rubber bands until the victim actually dies. Just because all you did was fling a small percentage of the rubber bands and that wouldn’t have killed the victim on your own doesn’t change the fact that you participated in and committed a murder. Legal systems do not have loopholes that allow you to commit crimes like this. They only have loopholes for the ultra wealthy.

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