> Richard Jacobs, a security analyst whom Uber fired in April and now consults for the company, testified Tuesday that up to dozens of employees were trained to used ephemeral messaging systems, including Wickr, to communicate so that their conversations would be clandestine and could not surface in any “anticipated litigation.”
Given two identical actions, the law can find one illegal and the other permissible based solely on intent.
Crimes generally involve a mens rea and actus reus — a guilty mind and a guilty act. For example, battery is the intentional touching of a person, either against their will or to cause them harm. If it weren’t like that, then every time one person bumped another in the street it would be a crime.
Given two identical actions, the law can find one illegal and the other permissible based solely on intent.