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by nixpulvis 1637 days ago
Still need to make illigal tricking the server into thinking it's OK. This area of law seems rather difficult to codify perfectly, but it's clear that "view source" shouldn't be a problem, since no trickery is involved. Generally, this should be called Honest but Curious behavior.
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> This area of law seems rather difficult to codify perfectly

Sure, but law doesn’t function by codifying things perfectly. There is no perfect codification of the physical ways one can move one’s fist, but clearly some such ways constitute an illegal act while others don’t.