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    7 days ago

    Theoretically, yes. Realistically, judges historically believe anything prosecutors tell them about hacking and circumvention.

    There’s been people thrown in jail for the rest of their life for the crime of clicking a public URL that the company didn’t intend to be public.

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      6 days ago

      There’s been people thrown in jail for the rest of their life for the crime of clicking a public URL that the company didn’t intend to be public.

      Source?
      The closest i’ve heard was a journalist being accused of hacking for the crime of choosing “view source” in the right-click menu of a web-browser.

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        6 days ago

        If you scroll down a bit, I actually already answered that question in this exact threat, one reply down.