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Under this logic, no hacking would ever be illegal. After all, there's obviously no way any attacker ever did anything the code actually made impossible. Fortu
by ethanbond 3y ago
Under this logic, no hacking would ever be illegal. After all, there's obviously no way any attacker ever did anything the code actually made impossible.
Fortunately, courts aren't computers, judges aren't compilers, and legal code isn't a programming language.
- randyrand 3y agoBeeper Mini uses the official channels to get authorization. It's not a "hack".
- ethanbond 3y agoEvery attack ever uses something that can be described as "official channels." It's all in the code, after all. As Apple's response makes clear, this is indeed not via the official channels. "Authorization" in the legal sense != authorization in the cryptographic sense. You can get a token and still be not legally authorized to access a system.
- randyrand 3y agoIt's not illegal to scrape a website, even if the owners don't want it to be scraped. Accessing a public server using the public protocol it advertises is generally allowed.