Alan L Tyree wrote:
"CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1995
- SECT 476.2 Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment
(1)
In this Part:
(a) access to data held in a computer; or (b) modification of data held in a computer; or (c) the impairment of electronic communication to or from a computer; or (d) the impairment of the reliability, security or operation of any data held on a computer disk, credit card or other device used to store data by electronic means;
by a person is unauthorised if the person is not entitled to cause that
access, modification or impairment."
WTF does "not entitled" mean? Does it mean you have to have written permission to "access" a computer. In which case how is it legal to connect to a web site?
None of this stuff has been thought through or tested in court has it?
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