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Is password-lending a cybercrime?
Mark Rasch, 2004-03-01

A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law.

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Is password-lending a cybercrime? 2004-03-02
EthanTen
"...the customer himself could have logged in with his or her password...and this would have been a simple breach of contract, not a crime"

It could potentially be a crime, if authorisation is interpreted narrowly to mean only that which is acceptable to the authorisor. Breaching or exceeding au...

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