On Friday, December 20, 2019, 08:59:51 AM PST, Razer <g2s@riseup.net>
   wrote:
   jim bell wrote:
   > On Thursday, December 19, 2019, 07:36:59 PM PST, Razer
   > <[1]g2s@riseup.net> wrote:
   >
   > jim bell wrote:
   > > Data of more than 267 million Facebook users has been exposed
   online
   > [2]https://mol.im/a/7811595 <[3]https://mol.im/a/7811595%20>via
   > [4]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: [5]https://blog.zwillgen.com/2019/09/11/ninth-circuit-rules-scrapin
   g-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
   If that were true, then it wouldn't matter HOW you obtained the
   information:  Scraping or 'by hand'.
   Jim Bell
   >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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References

   1. mailto:g2s@riseup.net
   2. https://mol.im/a/7811595
   3. https://mol.im/a/7811595 
   4. http://dailym.ai/android
   5. https://blog.zwillgen.com/2019/09/11/ninth-circuit-rules-scraping-public-website-likely-not-cfaa-violation/