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People have been prosecuted under that act for clicking "view source" on their web browser. The crime itself is irrelevant. It's more about who you are/what con
by paxys 1y ago
People have been prosecuted under that act for clicking "view source" on their web browser. The crime itself is irrelevant. It's more about who you are/what connections you have/who you piss off.
- evilos 1y agoHas there actually been a conviction purely for "viewing source"?
- pona-a 1y agoThat was a real news story. A journalist looked at the state's educator-credentials checker, viewed the source and saw it had teacher's SSNs in base64 somewhere in the plaintext. Missouri Governor Mike Parson then tried to legally threaten the journalist. Honestly, if this case wasn't as high-profile, I think he might have got a conviction, at least in state court. https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/15/missouri_html_hacking/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/15/missouri_html_hacking...
- etherealG 1y agoexactly, the more interesting question: would anyone be willing to prosecute a Meta executive over this? Sadly, I expect no.