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adastra22today at 2:57 AM1 replyview on HN

Hacking other companies is illegal as far as I understand.


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grueztoday at 3:01 AM

1. OP specifically mentioned "IP violating antics", not hacking

2. All the hacking legislation (and criminal law in general) require proving intent, which so far as we can tell didn't exist in those cases. At best you can try some "reckless" or "negligent" angle, but that would a novel legal argument and would be risky to prosecute

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