Hi , Dave.
From: Dave Gillett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 21 Jul 99, at 22:37, P L STEINBRUCH wrote:
>
> > Anyway , tell me : if you stand in front of the house of someone else -
in
> > the sidewalk - and say " Is anybody home ? " , is this a crime ?
> >
> > Do you believe that in such situation someone can be prosecuted for
> > *intrusion* in some place ?
>
> Yes. You may be in violation of statutes covering harassment or noise.
This is a good point ; mainly *Harassment*
If
> you get an answer, you may very well have wakened or interrupted someone,
and
> they may feel justified in being upset with you. And if someone else did
> something similar last week and pissed them off sufficiently, they may
have
> had time to press their political representatives to enact some local
> ordinance under which you can be prosecuted.
Possible yes , probably not (or you have the best representatives in the
world) !
Actually , if I am not wrong , this fit best the English approach - you
don't need to have a specific law , just call the cops and say : this
gentleman in front of my hause is....(complete as you wish).
Which turn us to what somebody in the list said before : each place has its
law. I don't think it is worth to try a
global statute for this subject , since there is not a global statute for
much more ordinary crimes(non-cybernetic
ones).
May be the "English approach" stated above would be better ; if you do mind
, then you complaint.
The penalities will depend on the local legislation ; so we get the begining
of this thread !!!
>
> I'll concede that the statute probably won't call this "intrusion" --
but I
> hope you're not too disappointed if I consider that a Red Herring. The
claim
> that has driven my participation in this thread isn't whether
port-scanning
> is "*intrusion*", but whether it's *illegal*.
>
>
> David G
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PL Steinbruch
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