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I wouldn't be so quick to think this isn't also illegal in the USA. For instance, it is illegal in Illinois to: Sec. 17-50. Computer fraud. (a) A person c
by kingcharles 5y ago
I wouldn't be so quick to think this isn't also illegal in the USA. For instance, it is illegal in Illinois to:
Sec. 17-50. Computer fraud.
(a) A person commits computer fraud when he or she knowingly:
(1) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or any part thereof, or a program or data, with the intent of devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud, or as part of a deception;
It could be argued that linking someone to the pop-up, making them think the site they were going to was normal, and then getting hit with an uncloseable pop-up was "a deception".