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by gruez 1656 days ago
Actually it is a crime (even though prank calling isn't a crime) because of the CFAA.
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Pretty much anything done on a computer could be a crime because of the CFAA. It is extremely broad.
A recent case at the Supreme Court has limited this, and it seems applicable here, on the face of it.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/supreme-court-overturn...

> the Court adopted a “gates-up-or-down” approach: either you are entitled to access the information or you are not.

To me, it sounds like you are entitled to submit a job application or you are not. I don't see how a charge under the CFAA for submitting an application would stick, when they are inviting the public to submit applications.

Submitting a single application would probably be OK, but the coordinated flood might not be
Nonsense. Using a public form, which is clearly intended to be a public form, is not using a computer without authorization or in excess of authorization.

You can't make someone using your computer a crime just by retroactively deciding that you don't like they way someone used it.