Can my friend get in trouble for this (has to do with networks)

[Orsorum]

Seriously, using a computer is not a right, and it has associated dangers related to information access and abuse that should be (and finally are) being taken seriously. Use your brain when logging into a computer, people. If everyone else has to log in and you just walk up and it's logged in, maybe take a second to think why that's so? Just because someone else screwed up doesn't excuse you.

 

[Bowmaster]

BTW, a guy at my new job just got fired for having telnet open. Yes, telnet. "It's a hacker tool" according to the IT. Needless to say, I'm looking for better - or rather, "smarter" - employment.

M4H - This "guy" wouldn't happen to be you, would it? It's time to confess your unnatural affection for telnet! Why are you looking for a better job? j/k!!! 😀

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: skace

Originally posted by: Shelly21
In Virginia, the "digital tresspass" law is out there. A friend of mine got busted for using another user's account (without her knowing) at the local college.

He got a lawyer to get the "community service" with the court, and he had to deal with the school board, and instead of getting expelled, he asks them to impose a 5 years ban on accessing school networks. He got off easy.

How backwards is that law. It is your responsibility to protect YOUR account. If someone else is using your account then they may get in trouble, but you'd get the brute force of the problem for not protecting your account and password. Obviously if someone tricked her into giving out her password then they would hold a reasonable ammount of the blaim, but she would still have to answer for giving out her password. At my work, you don't even walk away from your machines unless you log out or lock them.

Edit: Unless, of course, the account l/p was gained via brute force or keylogging / etc.

It happen a couple years ago. And he got the password because it was written on a piece of paper. And his best friend (let's call him Tom) pick it up and pass it to him. Normally, the school would probably just slap his wrists, but for some reason, some OTHER people used the same account to do some malicious things so the law got invovled and many people got caught using the same account doing different things.

 

[computerpro3]

I was talking about skace's post...you posted while I was typing mine.