• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    17 hours ago

    Wrong. An attempt to commit a crime is a crime. Planning it is not. I can plan to rob a bank all I want. You would have to prove intent. Typing things in a chat doesn’t prove intent.

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      17 hours ago

      An attempt to commit a crime is a crime. Planning it is not.

      There are so many actions that are crimes. Doing X with intent to Y is a crime. Proving intent can be tricky. But that’s up to the DA to argue.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s what I said. Typing things into a chat doesn’t prove intent. For the same reason google is not monitoring searches and sending them to police. You can type anything you want into a search box. It’s never a crime.

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          46 minutes ago

          It’s evidence that can be argued is intent. People have been convicted of murder and evidence they googled how to do it was on their computers and used in court

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            12 minutes ago

            Google search history can be used as evidence but you cannot be charged with googling something. Do you understand the difference?