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How exactly does running LOIC constitute "conspiring to intentionally damage protected computers?" Where's the damage? Does standing in front of a vending mach
by redthrowaway 15y ago
How exactly does running LOIC constitute "conspiring to intentionally damage protected computers?" Where's the damage? Does standing in front of a vending machine now qualify as vandalism?
- lucasjung 15y agoIANAL, but I would guess that the actual text of the statute in question extends beyond things that you or I would normally consider "damage." The names given to legal codes are necessarily concise, and therefore sometimes don't fully describe the contents of the code in question.
- GHFigs 15y ago(8) the term “damage” means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information; http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001030----000-.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_0...