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It's not possible to contact the third party without logging into "their" account, which is a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The act of getting
by jellicle 12y ago
It's not possible to contact the third party without logging into "their" account, which is a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The act of getting that contact info from someone else's account is precisely what the CFAA exists to illegalize.
- Roedou 12y agoI assumed there was a law somewhere I'd be breaking; thanks for letting me know what it is.
- anonbanker 12y agonot so fast[1]. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8522250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8522250
- anonbanker 12y agoby using your email address, they have entered you into this trust with them. As such, you have a claim to ownership of the account. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act only covers accounts that do not belong to you, and being this one partially does, you are within your rights to use the account to contact the other owners.
- jellicle 12y agoThat's a pretty novel legal argument, that you acquire ownership of someone else's computer account - that you have entered into a legal contract with someone who isn't aware you exist - merely because they typoed their email address. It is so novel, in fact, that it doesn't exist. Don't make up bullshit and write it in legal threads. You might deceive someone into thinking your bullshit is accurate.
- anonbanker 12y agoI look forward to your evidence that interest in a contract does not connote informal equity.