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>Second - the FBI considering "fiddling" with "miscellaneous" input characters into the login page not illegal access is good - it means the next person charged
by downandout 12y ago
>Second - the FBI considering "fiddling" with "miscellaneous" input characters into the login page not illegal access is good - it means the next person charged under the CFAA for "exceeding authorization" by fuzzing will have a precedent to cite.
I was wondering about this as well. If this kind of thing is not done pursuant to a search warrant and is in violation of the site's TOS, is it legal for them to do? What happens if I put a blanket ban in the TOS on use of the site by anyone acting as an agent of any law enforcement agency? Certainly with a warrant, it would hold up , but without one, it may not.
Interesting legal question, I guess only time will tell.
- dominicmauro 12y ago> What happens if I put a blanket ban in the TOS on use of the site by anyone acting as an agent of any law enforcement agency? Certainly with a warrant, it would hold up , but without one, it may not. Actually, I'm not so sure you don't have that backwards. If a police officer shows up at your door without a warrant, you can tell him "hey, no cops allowed in my house!" and make him leave. But he or she has a warrant, you can deny them all you want, but they're legally entitled to come in and look for stuff. With a login page, it would work roughly the same way. "No cops allowed" might work, but not once a judge gives the police a right to be where you don't particularly want them.
- psykovsky 12y agoI think the point is: all that was one WITHOUT a warrant...