If I took Metasploit and hooked it to a Cron job then used it to hack HuggingFace they would lock me away for life and the Justice Department wouldn't care that I use software to automate it. No idea why these companies get away with what is essentially the same thing.

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sajithdilshan an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If you do it with absolute intention of destruction and harm, then a jury will most probably find you guilty, but if you can prove that it wasn't your intention and it happened by an accident then it's negligence.

	▲	asdff 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Just say you are a security research company. That is how the situation in question is getting by.

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yummypaint an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The US legal system is coin operated