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Rules when dealing with police: 1. Always assume that police and computers are a disaster waiting to happen and thus that law officers are often overwhelmed by

by shareme 15y ago

Rules when dealing with police: 1. Always assume that police and computers are a disaster waiting to happen and thus that law officers are often overwhelmed by complexities of computers. 2. Always fight any request to impound any computer device. Its taking control of your property under somewhat shady if not illegal circumstances. 3. Have a business card with someone reachable 24-7 that will go to bat for you and claim that the device in question if company property and cannot be confiscated or impounded. 4. Be a little less naive, as breaking into two FB accounts that I won or control is not illegal, breaking into someone else's is somewhat illegal even for demo purposes. However, what saves this journalist's ass is its just a photo that does not have large company copyrights attached to it.

uxp 15y ago
> 4. Be a little less naive, as breaking into two FB accounts that I own[sic] or control is not illegal, breaking into someone else's is somewhat illegal even for demo purposes. FaceBook's TOS specifically states that anything uploaded onto their site, including the text of a status update, pictures, videos and comment text, is the irrevocable ownership of FaceBook. This gives them the ability to use your friend's pictures inside targeted ads, as well as take general screenshots of the site that may contain your comments or pictures as marketing tools for their own benefit and not yours. I wonder if unauthorized access to a FaceBook account is deemed theft of stolen property with the owner of the account as the victim, or if this was to go to court, would FaceBook be in the prosecution chair claiming their property was stolen†. If the latter, does anyone besides FaceBook have any say on how an unauthorized entry to some account should be treated? †Stolen in this context just means the "downloading" of page assets that occurs when one visits a web page.
- alexqgb 15y ago
  Not totally correct. FB wouldn't be able to legally republish your photos on your friend's profiles were it not for a legal grant permitting them to do so. While you are giving them the unrestricted right to do pretty much anything they want with material uploaded to their site, they are not going so far as to claim that you're transferring clear title as well. You remain the copyright holder, they remain a (very privileged) licensee.

by shareme 15y ago

uxp 15y ago

> 4. Be a little less naive, as breaking into two FB accounts that I own[sic] or control is not illegal, breaking into someone else's is somewhat illegal even for demo purposes. FaceBook's TOS specifically states that anything uploaded onto their site, including the text of a status update, pictures, videos and comment text, is the irrevocable ownership of FaceBook. This gives them the ability to use your friend's pictures inside targeted ads, as well as take general screenshots of the site that may contain your comments or pictures as marketing tools for their own benefit and not yours. I wonder if unauthorized access to a FaceBook account is deemed theft of stolen property with the owner of the account as the victim, or if this was to go to court, would FaceBook be in the prosecution chair claiming their property was stolen†. If the latter, does anyone besides FaceBook have any say on how an unauthorized entry to some account should be treated? †Stolen in this context just means the "downloading" of page assets that occurs when one visits a web page.

alexqgb 15y ago
Not totally correct. FB wouldn't be able to legally republish your photos on your friend's profiles were it not for a legal grant permitting them to do so. While you are giving them the unrestricted right to do pretty much anything they want with material uploaded to their site, they are not going so far as to claim that you're transferring clear title as well. You remain the copyright holder, they remain a (very privileged) licensee.