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

From: Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 08 2010 - 14:22:48 AKDT

On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 11:51 +0800, Bruce Hill wrote:
> 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.

<snip>
It's wording is a little convoluted, but I think paragraph (a) pretty
much covers this.
<snip>

>
> 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

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