Changing IP address to access public website ruled violation of US law

[TDcoolguy300]

um...... so?

"that your ip is blocked on"


seems fair to me.
its not saying vpns or proxies are illegal...
you guys cant read and comprehend. thats a school skill you know.

Since when can they read, this is blockland forums, no reading here, just imaging what other people are saying and looking at pictures.

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[DrenDran]

Why does the government even give a stuff about something like this?

[Operator¹]

they probably won't enforce it because it is too much work.

edit:
oh wait did you even read the article

Changing your IP address or using proxy servers to access public websites you've been forbidden to visit is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a judge ruled Friday in a case involving Craigslist and 3taps.

[xSetrox]

they probably won't enforce it because it is too much work.

edit:
oh wait did you even read the article

Damnit, so now we can't even use a proxy to visit sites at school?

[Operator¹]

Damnit, so now we can't even use a proxy to visit sites at school?

only if the administrators of the website say you can't visit the website and you get a cease-and-desist letter

[Zeblote]

Damnit, so now we can't even use a proxy to visit sites at school?

The school would get in trouble not you so don't give a stuff and visit everything

[Operator¹]

basically this is about 3taps listing craigslist stuff on their website

[xSetrox]

I wonder what google is going to do, I mean, they have that "cache:" thing

[Tayasaurus]

If you're using your Proxies to repeatedly harass a website that doesn't want you there, I say this is pretty justified.

[Pacha-]

I wonder what google is going to do, I mean, they have that "cache:" thing

you do realize viewing a cached version of a page means you're viewing an outdated page? lets say the forum index was cached right now and 10 minutes later it was updated to a different version of smf. if you viewed the cached version from before the update, it would still be the old smf version. you have no ability to post on the old version because it's cached

in fact, here's an example using my friend's tumblr blog

here's google's cached version and here's how it looks now

[$trinick]

That's absurd. IP addresses are not supposed to be used as a static form of identifying the same client over and over. In fact, with the IPv4 system, multiple people share your IP address. Using NAT routing, your specific computer is able to be located through a pool of users sharing your IP.

[Tayasaurus]

That's absurd. IP addresses are not supposed to be used as a static form of identifying the same client over and over. In fact, with the IPv4 system, multiple people share your IP address. Using NAT routing, your specific computer is able to be located through a pool of users sharing your IP.

I'm assuming they don't know this.

[ChappersTeddy]

yay one of my boroughs was near the top of that list
cool

[Harm94]

Kind of off topic, but still relevant

[Mura]

Breaking this law is similar to clicking "yes I am 18" when you go to watch research