Wow this is the same case that came up two years ago, where LinkedIn tried to argue that a violation of the ToS was CFAA. "Court: Violating a site’s terms of se

Wow this is the same case that came up two years ago, where LinkedIn tried to argue that a violation of the ToS was CFAA. "Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal hacking" [0]. I made a comment at the time [1]: > So Microsoft chose a method of authorization that is unfit for the purpose of keeping people they don't want to have access out of their system. "But but but how else would they keep people off?" I don't know, but it doesn't matter. Make people sign a contract under supervision of a notary, or validate their drivers license, or whatever. The fact that Microsoft is too lazy to implement a solution that effectively implements their desired policy isn't material to what the actually implemented policy enables. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22738180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22738180 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22745104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22745104