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by matt4077 3347 days ago
Depends on the jurisdiction. In the US, the answer is "you really don't want to find out".

In my home country, it's actually quite interesting: fraud usually requires (a) a lie (conveying wrong information with intent), and (b) a financial cost to the other party, and (c) a financial gain for you.

It's debatable at that level, already, because their loss is rather hard to quantify, and probably small. Plus, I believe your financial gain must be directly related to their cost.

And, finally, you actually have to lie to a human being. Lying to a machine doesn't qualify. There was a guy who earned some 5-digit Euros amount by producing fake bottles and feeding them into deposit machines–no crime!