• Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    And violating [an app’s] terms of service puts you in jeopardy under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, which is the law that Ronald Reagan signed in a panic after watching Wargames (seriously!).

    I watched it two days ago, that’s tragicomic.

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      8 months ago

      I know, right? Like how the hell do you get worried from such a silly movie… Unless he knew the us military defense systems were in fact that weak, against people and their telephones.

      Nah, Reagan was just a wuss.

      • Kaboom@reddthat.com
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        8 months ago

        The nuclear codes for decades was 00000000. That’s all you needed to launch nukes.

        Our cyber security was atrocious