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		adambyrtek on June 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LulzSec posts source code from Sony's Subversion r... It's telling that even Hacker News users are so intimidated that they are afraid to click on a link. I find it surprising and a bit scary (but I don't live in the US).

gte910h on June 6, 2011 [–]

Do you have days to spend talking to police and lawyers instead of working? I'd rather not.

It's not 'clicking on a link' that's the issue, it's making a copy of sony's website's source code, which is very possibly a felony.

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