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Yes but there are degrees with these things. If you attempt to open a locked door they don't charge you with armed robbery, even if that door has a sign that sa

by orclev 12y ago

Yes but there are degrees with these things. If you attempt to open a locked door they don't charge you with armed robbery, even if that door has a sign that says "employee's only". I'm not suggesting attempting a SQL injection should just be ignored, but it should clearly be at worst a misdemeanor and not a felony, about on par with trespassing in terms of severity. Now, if you then use that SQL injection to steal protected data, gain further access, or delete data, then yeah you're talking about moving into felony territory. Web servers are other peoples property, but they're also a public space when you open then up to the public by hosting public services on them. A private server is different from a public server in the same way private property is different from a public storefront. By making your server accessible to the public you lose some of the expectations of privacy and implicitly allow a certain degree of access.

rayiner 12y ago
If you try to break into a building under the cover of darkness, you're going to get hit with more than a trespass charge.
- sillysaurus3 12y ago
  Would you mind explaining which charges you'd get hit with? As a non-laywer, trespassing and entering (not breaking and entering, since you didn't break anything) are the only charges that would make sense to me in that context.
  - JWLong 12y ago
    Most of the US has laws that define B&E like the CFAA defines hacking. "unlawful entry" is usually the common denominator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary
  - mikeyouse 12y ago
    If the intent is there, then Attempted Burglary would be the charge in California at least. Penal codes; 663, 459. http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/663.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/663.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/459.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/459.html
- unprepare 12y ago
  just trying to break into a building would likely be classified as burglary From wiki: " or loitering unlawfully with intent to commit any crime, not necessarily a theft – for example, vandalism."[1] [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary#United_States

by orclev 12y ago

rayiner 12y ago

If you try to break into a building under the cover of darkness, you're going to get hit with more than a trespass charge.

sillysaurus3 12y ago
Would you mind explaining which charges you'd get hit with? As a non-laywer, trespassing and entering (not breaking and entering, since you didn't break anything) are the only charges that would make sense to me in that context.
- JWLong 12y ago
  Most of the US has laws that define B&E like the CFAA defines hacking. "unlawful entry" is usually the common denominator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary
- mikeyouse 12y ago
  If the intent is there, then Attempted Burglary would be the charge in California at least. Penal codes; 663, 459. http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/663.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/663.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/459.html http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/459.html
unprepare 12y ago
just trying to break into a building would likely be classified as burglary From wiki: " or loitering unlawfully with intent to commit any crime, not necessarily a theft – for example, vandalism."[1] [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary#United_States