[aklug] Re: Why hacking isn't fun anymore

From: Bruce Hill <bruce@slackwarebox.com>
Date: Sat Aug 07 2010 - 19:51:06 AKDT

On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 07:40:40PM -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
>
> Alaska Statute 11.46.740. Criminal use of computer.
>
> (a) A person commits the offense of criminal use of a computer if,
> having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe the person
> has such a right, the person knowingly accesses, causes to be accessed,
> or exceeds the person's authorized access to a computer, computer
> system, computer program, computer network, or any part of a computer
> system or network, and, as a result of or in the course of that access,
>
> (1) obtains information concerning a person;
>
> (2) introduces false information into a computer, computer system,
> computer program, or computer network with the intent to damage or
> enhance the data record or the financial reputation of a person;
>
> (3) introduces false information into a computer, computer system,
> computer program, or computer network and, with criminal negligence,
> damages or enhances the data record or the financial reputation of a person;
>
> (4) obtains proprietary information of another person;
>
> (5) obtains information that is only available to the public for a fee;
>
> (6) introduces instructions, a computer program, or other information
> that tampers with, disrupts, disables, or destroys a computer, computer
> system, computer program, computer network, or any part of a computer
> system or network; or
>
> (7) encrypts or decrypts data.
>
> (b) In this section, "proprietary information" means scientific,
> technical, or commercial information, including a design, process,
> procedure, customer list, supplier list, or customer records that the
> holder of the information has not made available to the public.
>
> (c) Criminal use of a computer is a class C felony.
>
> - --
> Christopher Howard

Hey Chris,

This law sounds good. It does not say you can not legal do these things to
your own computer, or to which you have permission.

And fyi, hacking is not the same as cracking. Hacking is what we do when
we have to fix some blunder created by the distro, such as enabling ipv6
by default, when we live in an area without any ipv6 <anything>.

Cracking is when someone illegally ssh'es into your box, and decides to
"rm -rf ~chris/homework" or some such.

Peace,
Bruce

-- 
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the
lesson afterward. But properly learned, the lesson forever changes
the man."
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