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This is a good point but a bit of a strawman argument. SQL injection is an intentional attempt at circumventing the security of a website. Performing GET and

This is a good point but a bit of a strawman argument. SQL injection is an intentional attempt at circumventing the security of a website. Performing GET and POST requests to merely use an API is an entirely different category of access. A better argument would be that the IP address blocking is a security control and that Power circumvented that. However, that's a very, very thin security control akin to placing a "patrons only" sign next to a bench outside a store. Is it rude to sit on the bench if you aren't going to buy anything? Maybe. Could the owner ask you to leave? Sure. Could you just come back later and sit down again? Yep. Would it be possible to have someone prosecuted with a felony charge for doing that? Absolutely not. The service Power provides to its customers is but a mild annoyance to Facebook at best and certainly not worthy of criminal prosecution.

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dpark 10y ago
> Is it rude to sit on the bench if you aren't going to buy anything? Maybe. Could the owner ask you to leave? Sure. Could you just come back later and sit down again? Yep. Would it be possible to have someone prosecuted with a felony charge for doing that? Absolutely not. If the owner asks you to leave and expressly forbids you from returning, you are guilty of trespass if you do so. The owner is not obligated to install a physical barrier to prevent you from entering. You are legally obligated to stay off the owner's property if they request that you do so.
- Bjartr 10y ago
  >You are legally obligated to stay off the owner's property if they request that you do so. You are not, however, legally obligated to never walk up to the edge of the property and ask the owner standing there if you can come onto the property.
  - johncolanduoni 10y ago
    You are at least legally obligated to not wear a disguise (the equivalent with the case at hand being changing IP addresses) to attempt to circumvent the owner's ban.
  - dpark 10y ago
    Sure. But you are legally obligated to keep off the property even if there's a sign in the yard that says "welcome to our home".

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dpark 10y ago

> Is it rude to sit on the bench if you aren't going to buy anything? Maybe. Could the owner ask you to leave? Sure. Could you just come back later and sit down again? Yep. Would it be possible to have someone prosecuted with a felony charge for doing that? Absolutely not. If the owner asks you to leave and expressly forbids you from returning, you are guilty of trespass if you do so. The owner is not obligated to install a physical barrier to prevent you from entering. You are legally obligated to stay off the owner's property if they request that you do so.

Bjartr 10y ago
>You are legally obligated to stay off the owner's property if they request that you do so. You are not, however, legally obligated to never walk up to the edge of the property and ask the owner standing there if you can come onto the property.
- johncolanduoni 10y ago
  You are at least legally obligated to not wear a disguise (the equivalent with the case at hand being changing IP addresses) to attempt to circumvent the owner's ban.
- dpark 10y ago
  Sure. But you are legally obligated to keep off the property even if there's a sign in the yard that says "welcome to our home".