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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by iancarroll on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @12:56PM (#9727196)
Accessing a public endpoint has been prosecuted before. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/auernheimer-aka-w...
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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by themartorana on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @09:32PM (#9729652)
True. And many, many people had trouble with that decision - many of them members of HN. Just because it's been prosecuted doesn't make the outcome any less right or wrong.
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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by iancarroll on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @09:53PM (#9729713)
Of course - I think it was probably wrong too, though this isn't realy the place. But OP was talking about the legal line.
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