Unauthorized access by itself wasn’t illegal at the time, but yes, nowadays it would be a crime. One of the major points of the 87 Computer Fraud act was that you gain unauthorized access with the intent to defraud or damage. I was trying to fix my computer that I owned and bought with money I had worked for because 30 minutes a day wasn’t enough to type up a paper for school, let alone to actually do anything of any consequence on dial up.
oh… so crime
E: OH – I see. Wow. I learned everything I know about networking and computers in a similar way :P Thanks Dad
Unauthorized access by itself wasn’t illegal at the time, but yes, nowadays it would be a crime. One of the major points of the 87 Computer Fraud act was that you gain unauthorized access with the intent to defraud or damage. I was trying to fix my computer that I owned and bought with money I had worked for because 30 minutes a day wasn’t enough to type up a paper for school, let alone to actually do anything of any consequence on dial up.
Oh my dad was cooler than that and would just cloak and dagger me for porn