• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Hacking is not the name of a charge or a crime. Hacking predates computers. This was clearly a hack. Don’t know what to tell you except go back to your sources.

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      4 days ago

      The crime is “unauthorized access”

      In this case, this is not a crime because there is not authentication bypass. Its just accessing a public api

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        It is unauthorized. An unlocked door isn’t an invitation not is an open website or database, this is clearly delineated in the cfaa which btw makes tampering with any protected device a crime open door or not.

        You should really lookup the law before you offer bad advice.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        That has nothing to do with my point: “hacking” includes actions which are not illegal, or even malicious.