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No, I'm not a lawyer and/or qualified to do that. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't care to find out by attempting it.

I am not a lawyer. I would imagine you could be charged with 'obstruction of justice' or some other such law if you did this in the US or as a US citizen. Something to think about before doing such a thing.

edited to be more verbose

almondsayson So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery

"Hey, this web app thing is popular, everbody is making one. And I like the web. I should make one myself."

Just some perspective.

almondsayson GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide

Boiling frog expirement?

almondsayson Show HN: Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titles

This is fun.

  - Instagram says it now has the right to indefinitely detain under NDAA
  - Redditors earning $100k+ a year, secret files show
  - Physicist proposes new way to view IAmA's on Reddit
  - Linux may have been due to bad connection
  - Kim Dotcom: The US recording industry is stealing my ebook

almondsayson FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

> At what other point in history has police distributed a completly illegal tool onto unsuspected and non-targeted civilians?

It might be a stretch but..

"LSD was one of the materials tested in the MKUltra program. The final phase of LSD testing involved surreptitious administration to unwitting non-volunteer subjects in normal life settings by undercover officers of the Bureau of Narcotics acting for the CIA." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

almondsayson It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy

I was interested until I saw that it starts at €7,250.00!

almondsayson It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy

Have you seen the Just5?

http://www.just5.com/

almondsayson How to correctly use code you didnt write

Excuse me if this is a naive question but I'm kind of confused on using just a few lines of code. I know you must attribute the original creator when the license calls for it but where? For instance lets say I have 500 lines of code and 10 lines of borrowed code at lines 245-255. Whats best practice in that situation?