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If you are using it to represent someone else's identity, yes, that's fraud. Doing it on a computer outside the intended purpose will add on a hacking charge. T
by trimethylpurine 3y ago
If you are using it to represent someone else's identity, yes, that's fraud. Doing it on a computer outside the intended purpose will add on a hacking charge. Together, at maximum, that can get you 5 years in prison and a ban from using a computer or smartphone for a decade. Those are federal maximums, per count, but states might have harsher penalties. Source: An FBI agent at an infosec conference.
- op00to 3y ago"Can". I'm not quite convinced the FBI has "accessing a normal poor person's data without a password" at the top of their list of crimes to investigate.
- trimethylpurine 3y agoNah, the source is for the maximums for fraud and hacking. Should have clarified.
- op00to 3y ago.. unless you piss off the government. Then they'll get you good!