Re: Honeypots Illegal?

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:18:03 +0100, Walter Mautner wrote:

mr.b wrote:

this is interesting...I'm thinking...even though we've gotten a bit away
from the legality of honeypots...which I employ...and enjoy...but
accessing a publicly accessible computer is definitively different from
passively observing a picture on a wall, is it not? the law is fairly
clear about unauthorised access -at least here in Canada.

Once you, as the "intruder" get the warning, it is unauthorized.
But then, a "publicly accessible" computer is what it is - either by
intention or by missing basic protection (AKA blondeness) like passwords
and firewalls.

Under Canadian law there is no such thing as implied consent. No warning
is needed for access to be unauthorized, only the fact that it is not
authorized.

--
Phoenix
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