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Well it can't go both ways, either it is or it isn't. So I say hack every computer in Virginia Law Enforcement - because they're connected to the Internet and t
by balabaster 10y ago
Well it can't go both ways, either it is or it isn't. So I say hack every computer in Virginia Law Enforcement - because they're connected to the Internet and thus have no expectation of privacy, thus this supersedes precedence for wire fraud charges for just checking stuff out on computers that aren't after all private... you can't have it both ways. The law applies to everyone or no one.
- nzealand 10y agoIm completely agree, but wire fraud has been illegal since 1872. It is so beautifully vague, it an extremely common prosecutorial tool. I would love to see it overturned, but that seems incredibly unlikely.
- daphreak 10y agoInstead of hacking think of it from the other side: If no computer connected to the Internet has a reasonable expectation of privacy then law enforcement must develop a system to manage all of their data and IT needs that is not connected to the Internet. Good luck getting that budget passed. While the the slippery slope is not a valid argument it is always interesting to think about how precedent like this could spiral out of control.