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 SkyBelow on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:16PM (#22742676)

What happens when this logic is applied elsewhere?

Lies for financial gain can become fraud. Is it acceptable to make it so lying for financial gain won't be a crime? What about lying for the sake of obtaining consent? Legal jurisdictions are starting to make this a crime, at least in limited instances (such as lying about use of certain birth control measures).

One can even look at social engineering, which is considered a form of hacking, that specializes in lying to people or presenting false narratives.

These all seem edge cases that still need to be handled.

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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by stickfigure on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:36PM (#22742883)

> Lies for financial gain can become fraud.

You just answered this for yourself. This edge case is already handled by the criminal fraud statutes.

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