Title: I am surprised this is not discussed at all on Hackernews, but in the ongoing &quot;hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn&quot; case, Linkedin is arguing that &quot;intentionally and knowingly bypassing an IP block&quot; is an exceed authorized access and qualify as a criminal offence.
That&#x27;s because in their opinion they are allowed to put the &quot;gate down&quot; for some users on an otherwise publicly accessible website.<p>If the court follows this argument using a VPN to get access to content that is otherwise blocked in your country through an IP Block for example could become a criminal offence as well.<p>Hearing link: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=tUkoHeiPGQw
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