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bungi 
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 Topic: facebook hackingPosted: 08 Mar 2010 at 8:09pm |
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Can anyone advise what the law is regards somone using another person facebook account witout their permission ?
short story is person a watched person b login and discoverd the password and has since used it to gather information from messages sent and recieved about personal matters etc circulate that information to others and has also removed friends from the account is this any type of crime ? is there any thing that can be done other than change the password ? |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2010 at 8:43pm |
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Dont know Bungi apart from person B kicking person A in the nuts
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bungi
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Posted: 08 Mar 2010 at 9:03pm |
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yeah that will get the cops involved huh
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Posted: 08 Mar 2010 at 10:20pm |
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Hmm not sure Sean. Is it not Identity Theft in part which I think is a crime??
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Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:16am |
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face book.......................... |
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I bet there's rich folk eating in a fancy dining car
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Nooj
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Posted: 06 Sep 2010 at 5:36pm |
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What relation is person A to person B? Friend, work colleague, stranger? Depends on who they are as to what's the best way to play it. It would almost certainly be a sacking offence if it happened at work, so talk to your PR person. For a stranger, go to the Police, talk to the desk dude and they will advise you about who to report it to. For a 'friend', maybe handle it personally?
Obvious thing that should be done is person A needs to change their password ASAP to stop a repeat performance from person B, and inform Facebook so they have a record of what's happened if it needs to go to court. Posing as someone else and distributing personal details about them is almost certainly a crime, it's identity theft, so would possibly come under fraud laws? Person A could talk to a solicitor about compensation due for defamation of character as well.
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Posted: 29 Sep 2010 at 2:10pm |
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Computer Misuse Act 1990: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/contents
I'm not sure who would have to bring action, either the individual or Facebook.
'shoulder surfing' watching someone type their password and remembering it and then using it to access a computer system, is a crime under that act.
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