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walletdrainertoday at 6:33 AM1 replyview on HN

No matter how generously you want to interpret it, it’s obviously false.

We’re moving the goalposts from the government systematically targeting normal people “if caught”, to only a handful of civil cases.


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eggsometoday at 7:26 AM

Sure, as a percentage it's very rare - but some people have died as a result: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

I think most would agree that cases like that act as a deterrent?

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