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Illegal where?

• imaginenore 10y ago
  In the US.
  • 4ad 10y ago
    Why?
    • ryanlol 10y ago
      Quite possibly unauthorized access.
      • 4ad 10y ago
        Who is not authorised to access what?
        • rayiner 10y ago
          When you visit a website that downloads Javascript to your computer, you are giving the site an implied license to execute code reasonably related to the website. If they go off and use that capability to do something else, you've exceeded the scope of that implied license. It's like going to a kitchen remodeling store and hosting a dinner party there. Yes, they invited you in, but the scope of that invitation was looking at new counters, not hosting a party. That's trespassing. In the computer realm, it may well be a CFAA violation.
          • 4ad 10y ago
            Okay, but then you must believe that online advertising, as practiced today, is also illegal.
            • fit2rule 10y ago
              What advertising burns up my bandwidth indefinitely without informing me whatsoever? This is an obnoxious position.
            • ryanlol 10y ago
              There's a very reasonable expectation of advertising when you access a website. No such expectation exists for exploit packs and proxies like this.