Fwd: Re: Facebook scraping?

[Razer]

jim bell wrote:
> On Thursday, December 19, 2019, 07:36:59 PM PST, Razer
> <g2s at riseup.net> wrote:
>
> jim bell wrote:
> > Data of more than 267 million Facebook users has been exposed online
> https://mol.im/a/7811595 <https://mol.im/a/7811595%20>via
> http://dailym.ai/android
> >
> > Jim Bell's comment:
> > Article refers to "an illegal process called scraping...".
> > I am not aware that "scraping" is illegal, or even wrong.
> >        Jim Bell
>
>
> >FCC says passing it on or using the information for personal gain is,
> and there's no reason to scrape pages unless one of those two are
> operational.
>
>
> Document that.   Somewhat to the contrary
> is: https://blog.zwillgen.com/2019/09/11/ninth-circuit-rules-scraping-public-website-likely-not-cfaa-violation/  
>
>
> [partial quote follows]
>
>

It depends on what you DO with the information. Just scraping it may not
a crime, USING IT constitutes the crime and always has and it's the same
on Amateur Radio as well so lookitup. I'm not your research assistant.

PS. Prelim Injunctions are pretty much summarily granted until a court
hearing.

Rr

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