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> 1. Electromagnetic records that do not operate in accordance with other persons' intention, or gives unauthorized commands which act against their intention,
by codedokode 8y ago
> 1. Electromagnetic records that do not operate in accordance with other persons' intention, or gives unauthorized commands which act against their intention, when another person uses a computer.
They should arrest every second mobile app developer. They collect data from the phone without permission. And then please arrest Google Analytics developers as well.
- skybrian 8y agoHas anyone ever been harmed by Google Analytics? I am skeptical.
- sli 8y agoAre you implying that a Javascript redirect loop -- something fixed by simply closing your browser -- is actually harming people in some way? Minor annoyance is not harm.
- nwallin 8y agoThat's precisely the point. The law doesn't make code which causes harm illegal, it makes code which does not operate in accordance with the user's intention illegal. Think about that for a second. Think about every program ever written which did not operate in accordance with the user's intention. Literally every bug is punishable by three years in prison. This is a classic example of legislators saying "We don't understand the problem, so lets just make everything illegal and rely on the police and prosecutors using their discretion to only put the real criminals in prison," followed by the police and prosecutors not using their discretion and putting a non-criminal in prison.
- skybrian 8y agoThank you, I missed the sarcasm. I thought the comment was quoting and agreeing with the law.
- cdf2theworld 8y agoExceptional explanation!