US Man Charged with hacking for reading his wife's email

cafecolour

Dude uses his wife password (which she's written down beside the computer) to log on to her email (on their shared laptop), finds evidence she's cheating, and files for the divorce - and now he's being charged with 'hacking' for doing so. Full article below:

http://www.freep.com/article/20101226/NEWS03/12260530/&template=fullarticle

Princess Peach

She's right to!

Wolfe Tone

Hmmm, its his wife, he can do what he wants with her sh!t tbh......

















*runs away*

karma_

Not only does she cheat on him, she takes umbrage at being caught and tries to sink him even further. Cow.

Giselle

Princess Peach wrote: »

She's right to!

To what?

Mrmoe

I don't see it sticking, it would be too easy to get off, especially seeing that it was a shared computer. The wife sounds like an evil bitch tbh.

teddy_303

Why get married?

Gummy Panda

How is that hacking? Entering your wife's password is hardly the same as getting into the Gibson

phill106

Shared laptop and password written next to computer? Pfft she wanted to be caught.
No charges should be brought imo.

mikemac

Leon Walker told the Free Press he routinely used the computer and that she kept all of her passwords in a small book next to the computer.

Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper defended her decision to charge Leon Walker.

"The guy is a hacker," Cooper said in a voice mail response to the Free Press last week. "It was password protected, he had wonderful skills, and was highly trained.

Wonderful hacking skills for reading a password in a book?
This prosecutor has too much time on their hands

cafecolour

He could get up to 5 years in prison, since he's essentially being charged with a statute that is normally used against criminal hacking types.

The article is a little confusing, since it implies he's her 3rd husband, and she was having an affair with her 2nd husband (her ex), who was once arrested for beating her in front of her son. So he gave the emails to her first husband (the son's father), so he could 'protect' his son (and possible gain more custody?) against the possibly abusive 2nd husband. So going into her email and then sharing it might be why he's getting charged.

boblong

Gummy Panda wrote: »

How is that hacking? Entering your wife's password is hardly the same as getting into the Gibson

Hack the planet!

Oranage2

cafecolour wrote: »

He could get up to 5 years in prison, since he's essentially being charged with a statute that is normally used against criminal hacking types.

The article is a little confusing, since it implies he's her 3rd husband, and she was having an affair with her 2nd husband (her ex), who was once arrested for beating her in front of her son. So he gave the emails to her first husband (the son's father), so he could 'protect' his son (and possible gain more custody?) against the possibly abusive 2nd husband. So going into her email and then sharing it might be why he's getting charged.

/////wow - she one crazy B!tch

javaboy

cafecolour wrote: »

He could get up to 5 years in prison, since he's essentially being charged with a statute that is normally used against criminal hacking types.

The article is a little confusing, since it implies he's her 3rd husband, and she was having an affair with her 2nd husband (her ex), who was once arrested for beating her in front of her son. So he gave the emails to her first husband (the son's father), so he could 'protect' his son (and possible gain more custody?) against the possibly abusive 2nd husband. So going into her email and then sharing it might be why he's getting charged.

Ok ok I get all that. But how did they get Leonardo Di Caprio out of limbo?

Naikon

Unauthorized computer access with a minimum punishment(fine) is the most that may come from this. Still, he should not have been charged in the first place. Common sense will prevail.

karma_

Naikon wrote: »

Unauthorized computer access with a minimum punishment(fine) is the most that may come from this. Still, he should not have been charged in the first place. Common sense will prevail.

In America?


...I think not.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Invasion of privacy, possibly, but not hacking. Have been the victim of multiple frapes, I really don't think you can class this as hacking.

Question I'd like answered is did he suspect her of having an affair before he accessed the email...