[HN Gopher] Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or "hacking...
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       Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or "hacking," prof. tells
       Missouri gov.
        
       Author : glitcher
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2021-10-25 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | wly_cdgr wrote:
       | Incredible and terrifying that this needs to be explicitly
       | asserted
        
       | breckenedge wrote:
       | My biggest fear is that nothing comes of this. The elected
       | representatives of Missouri are making accusations that should be
       | laughed out of court.
        
         | rolph wrote:
         | who ever owns the choices leading upto , what amounts to
         | distribution of a list of SocSec numbers +PII is in jeopardy.
         | 
         | i wonder how many browser caches currently hold that list.
         | 
         | now the next part is interesting, seeing as the government
         | issued that list, is it now part of a public domain? can any
         | one who distributes or causes it [list] to be distributed, be
         | prosecuted?
        
         | torstenvl wrote:
         | Agreed.
         | 
         | One interesting thing about Missouri is that, in addition to
         | the Governor swearing to take care that the laws are faithfully
         | executed, Missouri says that violating your oath of office is
         | per se perjury.
         | 
         | In my opinion, the Governor needs to be impeached and
         | prosecuted criminally for abusing his office in this manner.
        
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