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However _your_ (infected) machine is causing havoc to other machines and infrastructure. The Police would have a right to, say, disable a burglar alarm that doesn't stop after a day, etc. It's the same sort of thing.

That's why they do it with careful monitoring and approval from law enforcement. If you tried to do this vigilante-style, no matter how good your intentions, you're asking for trouble.

There was that one guy who intentionally bricked devices.

I feel like being too lazy to update probably means you don’t care anyway.

Very much like the plot of the black Mirror episode "Hated in the Nation"