Marcus Hutchins took a plea deal so we'll never know. The first article on the Washington Post was about why the charges such as "conspiracy to violate the CFAA" are a stretch. With that in mind, there basically isn't someone to Google, and no case law. Are we even still talking about the now-patched brute force guessing of a 2-factor code, because now you're gearing up to dissect a legal review that will fail any equivalency and has no case law whatsoever. Classic internet discussion.
Now back to the practical reality: You wouldn't get caught selling it on darknet. You would just post in the forum and 31 people would buy it for $1,000 in a few days. Have you even used darknet? Have you ever used Monero? Have you ever done an obligatory cleaning of bitcoin just because you dont know what THEY did with it? You are trying to support your position so hard by making all of this stuff sound so unfeasible when its exactly what goes on every day.
You would sell it for a premium JUST BECAUSE the earliest clients will do "god knows what the fuck with it". That would be the literal sales pitch! Accomplice? Ehhh maaaaybe but not really a concern.
and even with all that, you're missing how much the customers would make. these are the ones incurring the most liability and they use clearnet and still wouldn't face real consequences.
you're missing how the exploiter would do it themselves before considering selling copies of it, which is what I was alluding to. the exploiter would already understand how to control and monetize instagram accounts and make several hundred thousand dollars, or millions over time. A 500k follower meme account with 3% engagement could make $1,000 per week from promos if you worked at it, and be sold for a revenue multiple. Take a bunch of those. Rinse, repeat.
you're inventing viable business plans trying to argue with me, its wild.
Now back to the practical reality: You wouldn't get caught selling it on darknet. You would just post in the forum and 31 people would buy it for $1,000 in a few days. Have you even used darknet? Have you ever used Monero? Have you ever done an obligatory cleaning of bitcoin just because you dont know what THEY did with it? You are trying to support your position so hard by making all of this stuff sound so unfeasible when its exactly what goes on every day.
You would sell it for a premium JUST BECAUSE the earliest clients will do "god knows what the fuck with it". That would be the literal sales pitch! Accomplice? Ehhh maaaaybe but not really a concern.
and even with all that, you're missing how much the customers would make. these are the ones incurring the most liability and they use clearnet and still wouldn't face real consequences.
you're missing how the exploiter would do it themselves before considering selling copies of it, which is what I was alluding to. the exploiter would already understand how to control and monetize instagram accounts and make several hundred thousand dollars, or millions over time. A 500k follower meme account with 3% engagement could make $1,000 per week from promos if you worked at it, and be sold for a revenue multiple. Take a bunch of those. Rinse, repeat.
you're inventing viable business plans trying to argue with me, its wild.