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Regards the archaic laws I'm not convinced, they tend to just parallel real world crimes. For example if you parallel it to the real world then the crime of trespass covers the Jenkins server situation (you can trespass on land that is open and easy to access) and you still commit a crime if you enter a house where you found the key on the floor outside the door, which covers the S3 situation.


Just accessing could also be seen as just looking through the window. And the lack of safety as a lack of curtain.

Trespassing implies a presence, this could be seen as installing some software or code to maintain access on a system.

Now let's imagine the OP went to the airline office and found that the door was open, on a desk there was a printed version of the nofly list, he takes a picture of each page and leaves. He would face 20 times less prison time.


Yeah as I've said I'm not commenting on the sentencing/punishments, I'm commenting on the offences.


Trespass doesn't get you bent over in the shower of a federal prison. CFAA violations do.


Yes there's clearly a discrepancy regarding punishments but the point I was making was about the initial crimes. I'm also not saying I agree either; certainly a lot of the punishments for crimes in America seem disproportionate to the offences commited.




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