On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:51:46 +1000 QuantumG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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? So it can't mean written permission. I think the definition is somewhat circular: not entitled -> unauthorised -> not entitled. > > None of this stuff has been thought through or tested in court has it? I don't know (about tested in court - obviously not thought through). > > Trent > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
