On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:56:28 PDT, Morning Wood <se_cur_ity@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > As a side note, I would like to know if using a exploit on a non passworded > site ( access restriction ) > to obtain / change data is in fact illegal ( in the USA ) , as I recall it > is a violation to bypass > an ACCESS CONTROL DEVCE. If no access control is present is there a > violation of a law? Note that 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(A) says: "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title". In other words, the anti-circumvention clause is *only* concerned with the case of you circumventing something to get at copyrighted data. If there's no copyright issue, or no access control, that clause doesn't apply. You however *may* still be in deep bovine-based fertilizer from possible violations of 18 USC 2101, 18 USC 1030, other US Code sections, and quite possibly any state laws that pertain to whatever you did...
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