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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by viklove on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:04PM (#22741882)
This isn't a home, and it wasn't a window. This is like going to a local business, turning the doorhandle, and walking in. How can that possibly be construed as illegal? If your vulnerability is that you have an unlocked door, that's not a fucking vulnerability, it's just an entrance.
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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by google234123 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:46AM (#22746071)
I feel like visiting a webpage would equate to opening a door - not whatever happened here, it was probably more involved. Anyway, I invite you to sneak into a local business, let's say Lockheed Martin (or some business that works closely with the FBI), go up a floor and find some filing cabinets and deposit some random thing (something funny like Marx's Capital), and then get caught. Tell me what consequences do you think you might face?
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