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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No one's going after hammer manufacturers because their hammers don't self-destruct if you try to use one to clobber someone over the head.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True, but people generally understand hammers. Llms? Not so much

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No one's going after computer manufacturers or OS vendors because people use computers to commit cybercrime. I doubt most people could explain how an OS or motherboard works.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A lot of poluticians want hardwarelevel backdoors. It's been declared unconstitutional quite some times in different countries but they are trying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That would be soooo bad, almost as bad as making a law against encryption

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

A better example would be something like The Anarchist Cookbook. Possession is illegal in some places.