Loophole

A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system.

For other uses, see Loophole (disambiguation).

Originally, the word means an arrowslit, a narrow vertical window in a wall through which an archer could shoot.

Loopholes are distinct from lacunae, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. In a loophole, a law addressing a certain issue exists, but can be legally circumvented due to a technical defect in the law. A lacuna, on the other hand, is a situation whereby no law exists in the first place to address that particular issue.

Use and remediation
See also: Collective intelligence and White hat (computer security)

Loopholes are searched for and used strategically in a variety of circumstances, including elections, politics, taxes, the criminal justice system, or in breaches of security.[1]

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gollark: osmarks.tk has full UTF-8 capability, fortunately.
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gollark: If it wasn't for people needing to use different languages I would NOT support Unicode.
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See also

References
  1. From Catching Up to Forging Ahead : China's Policies for Semiconductors (PDF). Retrieved 14 May 2017.


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