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I’m not defending the author. GitHub is in their right to do what they did. But certainly not because of the nonsense GP claims. And yes you can host viruses on S3. What you can’t do is use Amazon’s network to do illegal shit (such as distribute viruses without consent).

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Obviously I mean to distribute viruses via S3, which is what’s happening here. Your account is guaranteed to be flagged as soon as they find out. The update here was distributed to every subscriber.

What's your point? That doing illegal shit will strip you of your rights?

You know, I hear that if you go around stabbing people, you lose the right to not spend a bunch of time in prison, too.

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