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 mirimir on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:32PM (#22742850)

> It should not be the simple act of accessing a computer contrary to the owners terms and conditions that is a crime, but the specific acts of searching for, wilfully accessing and sharing privileged information on systems where the persons whose information you were accessing had a reasonable expectation that that information would be private.

Why wouldn't that apply to some website that's using some cache exploit to probe users' browsing histories?

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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by clort on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:19AM (#22746213)

I don't know. Would it be a problem if that was a criminal offense?

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Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal... by mirimir on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:43PM (#22753302)

I believe that it ought to be.

I mean, a computer is a computer, and unauthorized access is unauthorized access. No matter who's involved.

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