I know this isn't about safety, but it is about the laws that govern our actions and how we should we train ourselves to stay on the 'correct' side of the law enforcement people.
I hope it can remain factual and not get too political (says the guy voted most likely to get away from the subject while getting too political).
I remember a few years back, A VP for parts for Clark went to US Federal prison for trying to work around the US laws that prevent people from doing business in states that the USA has said are supporters of terrorism (mainly Iran and North Korea, these days, as far as I know) or are listed as countries that if we do business we would be "trading with the enemy".
NOW to the real question.
With that as the background; What if someone in the USA, EU, or Austrialia for that matter, were to give technical assistance to someone in North Korea or Iran, over an open forum like this one? Would that be considered against the law?
Where would the line be drawn as to how much or how little help is allowed? Would a manufacturer be required to [geo-block] block all IP address blocks numbers from those countries to it's otherwise open web site that provides information (like some companies provide schematics and manuals on-line)?
What if the advice was given to someone that had listed their location as Paris, France, but was really in Tehran, Iran?