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Yes. The CFAA is terrifyingly broad, and this isn't even a tenuous application of it. Accessing and using someone else's account without their knowledge or per
by Bartweiss 9y ago
Yes.
The CFAA is terrifyingly broad, and this isn't even a tenuous application of it. Accessing and using someone else's account without their knowledge or permission is a clear violation regardless of who they are or what you do.
Posting "I forgot to log out!" on someone else's account is probably a criminal offense. Posting a picture injurious to their career and reputation clearly violates multiple sections of the CFAA.
Prosecutorial discretion is the only thing rescuing this situation; literally any internet operation on an account that isn't yours is arguably a criminal violation.
- dalore 9y agoThat's for access, but the question was is it fraud? If someone gave me access then I'm allowed but am I committing fraud?
- jpatokal 9y agoBut the edits are not libelous: he's a convicted criminal and even the mugshot is (presumably) and actual one. I'm not sure a judge would grant a lot in damages for injury to his career as a con man...
- Bartweiss 9y agoLibelous doesn't matter; the CFAA only cares if you accessed a protected computer and obtained information or caused damage. And getting the password from the account owner may not matter either since the protected machine belongs to Facebook - Facebook v. Power Ventures held that user account access isn't enough. I agree that a suit or damages would be unlikely, but that's only at the discretion of judges; the basic CFAA violation here is unambiguous.