"this vulnerability is being sold for research purposes only and must never be used outside of a tightly controlled research sandbox"
replyHas anyone actually been convicted of abetting a crime by selling a vulnerability, by itself, not conspiring with the buyer to commit a crime using said vulnerability? Not as far as I can see. It would be absurd to jail someone for accurately describing a bug.
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replyIt’s not. Same as credible threats are also seen as nothing to do with free speech.
replyIt just isn’t what free speech is.
It’s a separate thing.
No, it is a limit on free speech but it is one of several that various governments (and cultures as a whole) throughout the world have upheld fairly consistently. Free speech is more or less an unachievable platonic ideal that we aspire to. Success varies, as do the compromises made along the way.
replySpeaking more generally, don't let your ideals bias your judgment. Just because you support policy X and also view ideal Y as good that doesn't mean that X isn't detrimental to Y. It's important to be objective about these things.
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