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my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 month agoThat argument doesn’t work, all you’re doing is pointing out the issues with vigilantism. He’s also committing a crime, are the scammers now in the right too since they’re targeting a suspected criminal?
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What crime?
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 month ago
Accessing a system you’re not authorised to access, regardless of how that access was obtained, is generally not legal. The way to sort that out is, you guessed it, a trial.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 month ago
When someone opens a connection on your network you are not obligated to avoid utility of those connected systems. It is not a crime to connect to things which have willfully joined your network.
If someone puts a camera on your network, you can view it.
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 month ago
This is very untrue and you definitely shouldn’t be giving out legal advice on topics you’re not knowledgeable on, but exactly which part is a crime and how criminal it is will depend on your local laws. Some such computer misuse laws are intentionally written very broadly with generic wording precisely so that edge cases such as unintentionally granting an unauthorised party access to a system does not clear them of wrongdoing when they do so.
As for how to tell which laws are relevant and whether you’ve breached them? Well, I’m sure the answer will shock you.