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- From: jwtlai@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Jim W "GrimJim" Lai)
- Subject: Re: Quicksilver virus on furry Muck
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <9301021712.AA01235@intercon.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:44:25 GMT
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- In article <9301021712.AA01235@intercon.com> mauser@intercon.com (Richard Chandler) writes:
- >> [...] It all took place inside of
- >> 25 minutes. I'm going to have to do some research as to why things started
- >> to majorly crash when my character was not online. Too bad it couldn't have
- >> lasted just a little bit longer. [...] Tinysex runs rampant on that
- >> muck, and I bow before you in taking one step to prevent it, if only for a
- >> short while. I'm not totally against it, [...]
- [...]
- >Of course, it's bragging like this that gets computer criminals caught. Yes,
- >that's right. I said Computer criminals. What you did unquestionably counts
- >as malicious computer tampering and there ARE Federal laws against this.
- >Lucky for you, Hawkwind is in Canada, but it is a government owned machine.
-
- Actually, the Canadian Criminal Code has a few provisions of its own. You'd
- be surprised just how much is possibly applicable. In any case, the relevant
- files can be found in full on ftp.eff.org. Whether a machine is government or
- privately-owned isn't an issue. Of course, the ethics of the situation are
- more relevant than any legal question, IMO.
-
- Regardless, from the Canadian Criminal Code:
- ---
- 342.1
- (1) Every one who, fraudulently and without color of right,
- (a) obtains, directly or indirectly, any computer service,
- (b) by means of an electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other
- device, intercepts or causes to be intercepted, directly or
- indirectly, any function of a computer system, or,
- (c) uses or causes to be used, directly or indirectly, a computer
- system with intent to commit an offense under paragraph (a) or (b)
- or an offense under section 430 in relation to data or a computer
- system
- is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a
- term not exceeding ten years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on
- summary conviction.
- [...]
-
- 430.
- [...]
- (1.1) Every one commits mischief who wilfully
- (a) destroys or alters data;
- (b) renders data meaningless, useless or ineffective;
- (c) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with the lawful use of data; or
- (d) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with any person in the lawful
- use of data or denies access to data to any person who is entitled
- to access thereto.
- [...]
-