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| Authored by: Wol on Thursday, January 24 2013 @ 07:32 PM EST |
Maybe the US needs to consider something like that.
I don't know the details, but in the UK we had a load of trouble convicting
joy-riders of theft, when they nicked cars. I can't remember what the argument
was, but defence lawyers did something like "it isn't theft, because the
vehicle has been returned to its owner".
So they introduced the new offence of TWOCing - "Taking WithOut
Consent".
Of course, it had its side effects - now stolen cars tend to get burnt out to
prevent the police finding out who the joyriders were. Whether they do or not,
they *ought* to widen the definition of theft to include "taking and
destroying" so that burning out the car becomes theft, and then make the
penalty for just TWOCing less than "taking and burning".
But since when has common sense prevailed ... ? :-(
Cheers,
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- TWOCing - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 24 2013 @ 08:25 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, January 25 2013 @ 10:24 PM EST |
If somebody can access your digital data, they can be presumed, by law, to
have obtained your permission and authorization to access and utilize your
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