[KLUG Members] Hacking a Hacker Legal?

[Peter Buxton]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 01:58:35AM -0600, Russell Dillenburg wrote:

> > Well, you can break people's stuff, or you can do low-level
> > harassment: misnamed files, file-sharing hosts that start nice, then
> > tank to a slow connection 10kB in.... That's perfectly legal.
>
> what if a burgler breaks into your house?  Is it legal for you to
> shoot him?  Is that not trespassing?
>
> But wait.... If the hacker hacks you and then you hack the hacker
> doesn't that mean you are trespassing on the hackers computer?

I don't think you quite got the "stuff, or you can" contrasting
conjunction in that sentence.

I think the law they passed made file-sharing harassment legal, not
murder. Also, they can collect data on people's connections. It seems
pretty low-level stuff.

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