When your classmates threaten you with felony charges

Re:When your classmates threaten you with felony charges by dgunay on Monday August 28, 2023 @03:25PM (#37299207)

Not a lawyer ofc, but I would not expect that line of reasoning to hold up in court as I wouldn't expect "the door was unlocked, your honor" to excuse trespassing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:When your classmates threaten you with felony charges by darkarmani on Monday August 28, 2023 @03:35PM (#37299333)

So every URL is a trespass unless you have explicit permission?

If you say the protocol determines authorization, then the Fizz protocol granted them authorization. I don't have a clear answer here because it is messy.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:When your classmates threaten you with felony charges by tptacek on Monday August 28, 2023 @03:39PM (#37299391)

It depends on how you uncovered the URL and what's behind it: your intent, which is most of what matters here.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:When your classmates threaten you with felony charges by dahfizz on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:07PM (#37299745)

Its not all or nothing. The law is literally decided on a case by case basis.

Going to the home page of a public website is clearly authorized access. Creating admin users for yourself on someone else's server without permission is clearly unauthorized access. Any judge or jury would agree.

[ Parent | on HN ]