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With trespassing, if I cross your lawn, I'm probably okay. If I cross your lawn and there's a "no trespassing" sign or a fence, I'm probably not okay. It's vagu
by wegs 6y ago
With trespassing, if I cross your lawn, I'm probably okay. If I cross your lawn and there's a "no trespassing" sign or a fence, I'm probably not okay. It's vague.
There are equivalent laws for technology. For example, you have the confusingly vague CFAA. If I've indicated to you that I don't want you grabbing files from my computer, and you do, you've likely broken it. It's even called digital trespass. On the other hand, if you have a public FTP server up, I can grab files. If you have a public FTP server up, and you've told me I'm not permitted to access it in person, or in an automated banner, or in an automated banner which my browser never shows me, things get legally complex.
Pretending "private browsing" or "incognito mode" doesn't act like such a sign isn't very honest. Google disclaims this information might be visible to web sites, which is honest, but most indications are given that it's intended to help screen some of that. Intentionally working around incognito mode is almost certainly at least somewhat illegal.