Re: Impersonation Law Question
- From: Cynic <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:29:36 +0000
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:21:30 +0000, Alex Heney <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
* the someone had her log-in details as he was involved with her at
the time and insisted she let him look in there (trust issues).
An offence has been committed under the Computer Misuse Act.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/ukpga_19900018_en_1#pb1-l1g1
He may have a defence if he can persuade the court (and the police
initially) that he believed he had permission to access her account. In
these circumstances plainly such a belief would be unreasonable.
So which computer did he access while knowing he did not have
permission to do so?
MSN's server.
While it *should* be an offence under that act, I am by no means sure
it actually is (that is an incredibly badly written act).
It is. Logging into a server using someone else's login and password
without permission is *exactly* the sort of thing the legislation was
aimed at.
The offence is the same whether the server in question is an email
server, a social network server or a military weapons deployment
system.
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Cynic
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