Comment by paxys
5 days ago
People have been prosecuted under that act for clicking "view source" on their web browser. The crime itself is irrelevant. It's more about who you are/what connections you have/who you piss off.
5 days ago
People have been prosecuted under that act for clicking "view source" on their web browser. The crime itself is irrelevant. It's more about who you are/what connections you have/who you piss off.
Has there actually been a conviction purely for "viewing source"?
That was a real news story. A journalist looked at the state's educator-credentials checker, viewed the source and saw it had teacher's SSNs in base64 somewhere in the plaintext. Missouri Governor Mike Parson then tried to legally threaten the journalist. Honestly, if this case wasn't as high-profile, I think he might have got a conviction, at least in state court.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/15/missouri_html_hacking...
exactly, the more interesting question: would anyone be willing to prosecute a Meta executive over this? Sadly, I expect no.