Legally, yes. In practice, no. But if you ever do so and happen to piss off someone with a lot of money or power they can go buy a district attorney in some fri

Legally, yes. In practice, no. But if you ever do so and happen to piss off someone with a lot of money or power they can go buy a district attorney in some friendly region and then have them indict your for violation of the computer fraud and abuse act. It worked to put Weev in jail for 3 years for using wget to access a public website. With the CFAA in the USA it's not so much, "What is illegal and am I breaking the law?" because the answer is always, yes, you're breaking the law. Everyone violates the CFAA's many provisions multiple times per week. The real question is: have you rocked the boat enough to get slapped down for it?