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Questions: * Should there be a distinction between violating a written policy; and bypassing a technical barrier? * Should there be a distinction between doin

Questions: * Should there be a distinction between violating a written policy; and bypassing a technical barrier? * Should there be a distinction between doing something that you are ordinarily permitted to do, but for an unpermitted purpose; and doing something that you are just never permitted to do? It seems that the Court didn't answer the first question, which is more interesting to me.

rswail 5y ago
That's been answered in other cases where someone violated a ToU and SCOTUS ruled that's not a breach of CFAA and not a criminal act. The second situation they've just ruled is not a crime under CFAA. That second clause "you are just never permitted to do" would depend on whether it was implemented as an employment policy or as a technical implementation that you "hack".