Xref: utzoo alt.security:1450 alt.folklore.computers:4925 comp.society.futures:2066 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!bbx!bbxsda!scott From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <1007@bbxsda.UUCP> Date: 27 Aug 90 17:18:15 GMT References: <1990Aug25.095033.29589@funet.fi> Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Organization: Basis International, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 23 In article jon@vector0 (A Product of Society) writes: >eal@kaarne.tut.fi (Lehtim{ki Erkki) writes: >> [deleted story about *accidental* connect to wrong computer] >> >> Now, have I committed a crime or not? > > Yes, if in California and the connection was not interstate. >[penal code...] >(3) Knowingly and without permission uses or causes to be used > computer services. > > [ You did this one: You used computer services without permission. > But as per a court ruling somewhere, a "Welcome to.." message was > judged to be adiquate permission. ] Does the word "knowingly" have any meaning or is it just a legal buzzword? How does someone "knowingly" dial a wrong number. -- Scott Amspoker Basis International, Albuquerque, NM (505) 345-5232 unmvax.cs.unm.edu!bbx!bbxsda!scott