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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by ikeboy on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:55AM (#12016508)
Someone not having a reasonable expectation of privacy in a thing does not mean it is legal to hack their computer.

The CFAA does not depend on any expectation of privacy, only authorized usage.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by tamana on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:37AM (#12016960)
That makes no sense. Why aren't the FBI in violation of CFAA, then?

Expectation of privacy defines the bounds of a search. Police searches are not permitted to conduct otherwise illegal activity Just because they are searching.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by ikeboy on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:46AM (#12017068)
CFAA doesn't apply here.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030

>(f) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States.

So something can't be illegal for the police to do for the sole reason that it violates the CFAA. If it violates something else, I suppose CFAA charges can be added on, though.

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