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I wouldn’t be worried about the copyright implications nearly so much as I’d be worried about the CFAA, state equivalents, and similar statutes, assuming you’re
by D13Fd 6y ago
I wouldn’t be worried about the copyright implications nearly so much as I’d be worried about the CFAA, state equivalents, and similar statutes, assuming you’re in the U.S.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
- rcdwealth 6y agoIt does not apply as hyperlink is public, referencing to someone's hyperlink published by someone is not a fraud neither abuse.
- D13Fd 6y agoIt appears that you may not have read anything but the title of the act. “Whoever . . . intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains . . . information from any protected computer;” Would you want to go to trial over whether circumventing security through obscurity qualifies as access without authorization or exceeding authorized access?
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