🚀 go-pugleaf

The AIDS Trojan Horse discussed by Alan Jay and John McAfee raises some
interesting questions about accountability.

Ignoring the issue that it is unlikely that the U.S. Government is
unlikely to get cooperation from the Panamanian authorities in
apprehending the culprits and bringing them to trial in either
country, could the perpetrators be held liable under U.S. law for
damages, when the licensing notice clearly states the program is not
licensed to be used in the United States, and that damage will result
if you attempt to do so.

In the broader case, could the perpetrators be extradicted to one of
the European countries that have better relations with Panama, and be
held liable for damages even though the license says not to use the
application without first paying for it.

One consequence of this attack (although I find it unlikely legal
authorities will be able to take advantage of it because of the
situation in Panama) is that the perpetrators should be relatively
easy to track.  Someone rented the Post Office box in Panama.
Hopefully someone is picking up the mail from that box, and from there
it goes to the people behind it, somehow.