| Title: | -={ H A C K E R S }=- |
| Notice: | Write locked - see NOTED::HACKERS |
| Moderator: | DIEHRD::MORRIS |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 03 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 680 |
| Total number of notes: | 5456 |
A friend of mine just told me that the federal government is trying to pass a law making it a federal crime to break into a computer. They also mentioned something about 'hacking'. I wish I had heard the radio report so I could know how they phrased it. If HACKING becomes illegal, I guess I'll have to go back to fixing lawn mowers. tom p
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| 37.1 | LATOUR::AMARTIN | Wed Jul 25 1984 12:22 | 7 | ||
What really ought to make your head spin is that in the past, legislation defined "breaking in" as any access, including taking a SYSTAT while logged out on the system. I don't know if said legislation was signed into law. It was discussed by a hacker friend of mine around 1980. /AHM | |||||
| 37.2 | EKBV00::TINIUS | Wed Jul 25 1984 22:50 | 3 | ||
You're out of luck, tom p., fixing lawn mowers is hacking, too... Stephen. | |||||
| 37.3 | ACE::BREWER | Thu Jul 26 1984 09:04 | 8 | ||
Its always screwed up when bureaucrats pass technical laws. If you leave your front door open and somebody walks in...they are tresspassers not burglars. If you leave default passwords on a computer and someone breezes through what are they guilty of? -Joh n | |||||
| 37.4 | ANNECY::DEIGHTON | Fri Aug 03 1984 15:08 | 3 | ||
Tresspassing I suppose...............but can still get an arse full of buckshot for that! Nigel. | |||||