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Someone 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
by ikeboy 10y ago
Someone 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.