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So does this mean I am now legally entitled to all corporate documents on computers connected to the internet?
by Practicality 10y ago
So does this mean I am now legally entitled to all corporate documents on computers connected to the internet?
- kowdermeister 10y agoNo, in that case you are obviously a terrorist and you deserve 30y behind bars.
- nicholaides 10y agoFederal computers, too!
- ikeboy 10y agoSomeone not having a reasonable expectation of privacy in a thing does not mean it is legal to hack their computer. The CFAA does not depend on any expectation of privacy, only authorized usage.
- tamana 10y agoThat makes no sense. Why aren't the FBI in violation of CFAA, then? Expectation of privacy defines the bounds of a search. Police searches are not permitted to conduct otherwise illegal activity Just because they are searching.
- ikeboy 10y agoCFAA doesn't apply here. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 >(f) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States. So something can't be illegal for the police to do for the sole reason that it violates the CFAA. If it violates something else, I suppose CFAA charges can be added on, though.
- ww520 10y agoIt might work since one has no expectation of privacy in public and taking picture of him is perfectly legal, making a copy of the document (taking picture) on the machine with no expectation of privacy would be perfectly legally too.
- Miner49er 10y agoProbably not though. The CFAA still says it's illegal to do anything on a computer that you're not authorized to use. It has nothing to do with expectation of privacy.