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by beardog 3446 days ago
The CFAA does this very thing[1]. Violate a terms of service? You're now potentially a felon! But everyone violates TOS sometimes, especially with ridiculous rules like 'no rudeness', so prosecutors pick & choose their targets. (Though there has been some precedence set not to consider TOS violations alone to be breaking the CFAA)[2]

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/aaron...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-...