Should we allow questions about how to get away with cheating with an engine?

Question

This question* asks how to avoid detection when a human player uses an engine to gain advantage against another human. What's the community consensus as to whether such questions are allowed or should be banned?

(Sorry if this has already been discussed. I did a search and - surprising to me - didn't find a previous meta discussion specific to this topic.)

*Since the question has been deleted, it won't be available to everyone. Here is its text:

Of course cheating is wrong and should be discouraged. But I think it's worth talking about scenarios like this.

Let's say a GM had unlimited access to engine analysis in all subsequent tournaments and wanted to do somewhat better than he would by playing ethically. What strategy for choosing the moves would avoid a guilty verdict from cheat detection? What would that look like?

If someone were to plan on cheating, they'd have to be dumb not to cover their bases i.e. in case they get suspected and the Chess.com team or Ken Regan is called up to look over the games.

Answer 1

Brian's answer makes good points, and if that's how the community wants to go, I am okay with it. However, I am posting an alternative to allow folks to vote a different way if that's what they want.

Under normal circumstances (and we're very unlikely to ever see a Deep Blue vs. Kasparov type match again) using an engine when playing human vs. human chess is forbidden in the rules of over the board tournament and match play as well as online. Thus we should not allow questions which will aid such efforts.

Answer 2

Cheating at online chess, which is what the question referred to, is not against the law in any country. Hence I think such questions are allowed by SE.

In such cases where the community has strong negative feelings this is likely going to be reflected by a flurry of down votes. This is what happened in the case you refer to and the question was deleted by the author.

This seems to me to be a good outcome and I don't see any need to add legislative weight.

Answer 3

The question, hyperlinked in the original question, is inaccessible to me. It stands probably removed.

However, relating to what I have understood in this matter, cheating using an engine, such as a stockfish defeats the purpose of the game, ruins the integrity and gentlemanliness of the players, and must be discouraged.

However, there is more to it than what meets the eye. At times, out of greed, foolishness, or lack of knowledge leads one to resort to such malpractices. What I suggest is that those who have resorted to such malpractices must not be banned perpetually, but only defined time-bound restrictions should be imposed.