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Old 01-16-2008, 11:02 AM   #18
Lespaul20
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Originally Posted by piasabird
There are laws about breaking into computer devices without the consent of the owner. Carries up to a 5 year and $50,000.00 fine. This includes wireless snooping as well. There are also laws that state that if you have knowledge of child pronography on a computer, that by law you are required to report it. This is what protects computer maintenance people from the parasites of society.
I'm not a lawyer but are you sure those laws are in place to protect crimnal suspects? I would think that are are to protect law abiding citizens.

I found this. Not much specific detail but a general overview of this kind of issue.

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cyberc...l2002.htm#_II_
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