besselj@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoUK cyber vigilantes generating mock IDs of local MPs to protest Online Safety Actcybernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down12
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoI’d love to hear some informed commentary on the legality of this, if it’s legal, it’s surely an oversight in the law. Edit : just to be clear, I’m talking about creating the ID, rather than using it.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoOn the criminal side, It’s identity fraud, and also an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act, gaining access to a system unauthorisedly. Civilly, it’s almost certainly a violation of the ToS.
I’d love to hear some informed commentary on the legality of this, if it’s legal, it’s surely an oversight in the law.
Edit : just to be clear, I’m talking about creating the ID, rather than using it.
On the criminal side, It’s identity fraud, and also an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act, gaining access to a system unauthorisedly. Civilly, it’s almost certainly a violation of the ToS.