Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal hacking

Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by alasdair_ on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:44PM (#22740978)

>this tends to include intruding via drone these days

Can you elaborate on this point? There are a LOT of FAA rules and federal laws that allow aircraft to fly over your property without your permission. I could see the argument for a ground-based device or perhaps an extremely low-flying drone but not for general drone use.

Of course, there are other laws (like requiring line of sight, not flying over humans or livestock, etc.) that are probably broken by anyone flying a typical non-commercial light drone over someone else's property at a level low enough to be annoying.

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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by throwaway17_17 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:59PM (#22741142)

I happen to have this handy from a Motion:

Laws traditionally related to state and local police power – including land use, zoning, privacy, trespass, and law enforcement operations – generally are not subject to federal regulation. Skysign International, Inc. v. City and County of Honolulu, 276 F.3d 1109, 1115 (9th Cir. 2002). State and Local Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Fact Sheet Federal Aviation Administration Office of the Chief Counsel, 2015.

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