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An analogy: Imagine I give you a key which opens two doors, and tell you to only use it on the first one. Entering the prohibited room isn't an offense under t
by rkagerer 5y ago
An analogy: Imagine I give you a key which opens two doors, and tell you to only use it on the first one.
Entering the prohibited room isn't an offense under this act. But circumventing a lock on a third door for which you don't have a key would be.
i.e. The judges interpreted it as intending to capture hacking, not policy violations.
- colechristensen 5y agoOr stated differently, the judges explicitly denied giving policy the force of law so that you can’t be charged for a crime for going against an employee handbook or license agreement rule.
- ViViDboarder 5y agoEven that analogy makes it sound more severe as it’s a door that you’ve been asked to stay out of. They used a door that they frequently are required to use but for a purpose other than what they were authorized to do. Eg. You can use this door to do A but you use the door to do B. Or, car analogies! You are given a car for work and told it can only be used for business purposes, but you use it to drive to the grocery. Or, something closer to technical which may be familiar to people. You’ve given a laptop for work only but you browse HackerNews on it. All are against the policies of those that granted you access to the device, but would they constitute unauthorized access?