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Where I live it is required to be reasonably convinced that a specific person or persons exist that you are helping[1] commit a crime. If you just publish information that helps the general criminal public then the freedom of speech & information trumps the potential harm done to society.

Plus, you're usually also helping the security community. If they know the criminals can do attack X, they can protect against X (no security from obscurity).

[1] Although you don't have to know their identity.




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