No, that’s just the definition that dumb fucks use to justify punishing people for their own stupidity. Unauthorized access and whatever you do with it is completely independent from HOW you gain access. And using legitimate credentials is not hacking. Obtaining the credentials may be done by hacking, but if they are just negligently tossed into the world, it’s not.
Same as losing your house keys and having someone use them to enter your house is unauthorized entry and violation of a set of laws, but it is NOT breaking into a house.
Same as losing your house keys and having someone use them to enter your house is unauthorized entry and violation of a set of laws, but it is NOT breaking into a house.
It IS breaking into a house. The law you are violating in this scenario is called breaking and entering.
The United States, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, and probably many more.
Other countries might call it something else, like the UK calls it burglary, but it pretty much always falls under the same law as breaking into a house using more forceful means on entry.
Then I am sure you wouldn’t mind quoting me “the law” from Germany, by which entering someone else’s house with a key they lost on the street is considered “breaking in”, would you?
Btw - don’t bother: you are arguing a strawman that I used as an example anyways, it’s still not “hacking” if you use a password that you found somewhere. Now stop distracting from the administration in the divided states of middle northern america protecting child rapists including their head of state.
No, that’s just the definition that dumb fucks use to justify punishing people for their own stupidity. Unauthorized access and whatever you do with it is completely independent from HOW you gain access. And using legitimate credentials is not hacking. Obtaining the credentials may be done by hacking, but if they are just negligently tossed into the world, it’s not.
Same as losing your house keys and having someone use them to enter your house is unauthorized entry and violation of a set of laws, but it is NOT breaking into a house.
It IS breaking into a house. The law you are violating in this scenario is called breaking and entering.
“the law” you say? In which country, huh? There’s more than one in the world, you know?
The United States, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, and probably many more.
Other countries might call it something else, like the UK calls it burglary, but it pretty much always falls under the same law as breaking into a house using more forceful means on entry.
Then I am sure you wouldn’t mind quoting me “the law” from Germany, by which entering someone else’s house with a key they lost on the street is considered “breaking in”, would you? Btw - don’t bother: you are arguing a strawman that I used as an example anyways, it’s still not “hacking” if you use a password that you found somewhere. Now stop distracting from the administration in the divided states of middle northern america protecting child rapists including their head of state.
Nope, that’s the literal definition.
Not to worry though - I see lot more dumb fuckery in your future.
Now dance!