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USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation

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460 points wglb | 1 comments | 08 Aug 24 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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Joker_vD ◴[09 Aug 24 08:17 UTC] No.41199837[source]▶
Can you be prosecuted for hacking cybercriminals back? Because I am pretty certain that you, if you had something stolen from you, are not actually allowed to break and enter the thief's house, take your stuff back and leave, and you're definitely not allowed to make a copy of keys for their locks while you're at it.
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1. qball ◴[09 Aug 24 22:40 UTC] No.41205962[source]▶
Who are they going to call, the cops?

(This is also why criminals tend to seek illegal firearms; self-defense from other criminals is a more salient issue than it is for the average citizen for this reason.)