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Is the logical endpoint that any U.S. person with a "technical" blog might need to block IPs from NK, Iran, Venezuela, etc? At some point the rule swallows the exception in an open, democratic society.

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AFAIK intent matters. There was a story from a while back where a seller of "secure" android phones got busted because he was knowingly selling to criminals. "knowingly" as in, his customers told him that they were going to use it for illegal activities, but he sold it to them anyways. It's the same principle why sellers of cannabis paraphernalia explicitly label their products "for tobacco use only".

Looks like from a prior HN discussion, maybe if he published a book and mailed it to the conference, it would be ok?[1]. But export of electronic code is not ok?

I also am under the impression the case is about unlawful export, but perhaps they're concentrating on a different theory.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7885238

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