Re: Got hacked... need legal advise on action that I may take

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 11/29/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:11:00 -0500

    In article <84u0e4zjyo.fsf@ripco.com>, comphelp@toddh.net (Todd H.)
    wrote:

    > roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) writes:
    >
    > > In article <dlvevt$20k$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>,
    > > Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
    > > >"Orges Balla" <oballa@gmail.com> writes:
    > >
    > > >>Since he hacked on your pc, that mean tresspassing and on many
    > >
    > > >No, it does NOT mean trespassing.
    > >
    > > It does in some jurisdictions.
    > >
    > > New York 156.10(1)
    > > Pennsylvania 18(76) 7615
    > > Section 217 of the US PATRIOT Act
    >
    > But I'll point out again, the above is a moot point to the original
    > poster (OP) here because his computer was not hacked.

    True, he didn't hack into the OP's computer. But he *did* access the
    OP's email account unauthorized, which I think counts as tresspass of
    the mail server. I doubt that the fact that he got the OP's password
    through key-logging software he legitimately installed on his own PC is
    relevant. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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