Security News > 2016 > July > Password Sharing Is Now a Crime (Schneier on Security)

In a truly terrible ruling, the US 9th Circuit Court ruled that using someone else's password with their permission but without the permission of the site owner is a federal crime. The argument McKeown made is that the employee who shared the password with Nosal "had no authority from Korn/Ferry to provide her password to former employees." At issue is...

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