On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:48 -0400, David Krider wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 16:47 -0500, William Pitcock wrote: > > Surely even at DeVry they teach that if you refuse to hand over > > passwords for property that is not legally yours, that you are > > committing a crime. I mean, think about it, it's effectively theft, in > > the same sense that if you refuse to hand over the keys for a car that > > you don't own, you're committing theft of an automobile. > > I've seen a dismissed employee withhold a password. The owner of the > company threatened legal action, considering it, like you, theft. My > father-in-law is an attorney, so I asked him about the situation. He > said that it wouldn't be called "theft," rather "illegal control."
Same difference, he still committed a crime and anyone who is defending him seems to not understand this. Whatever we want to call that crime, it's still a crime, and he got the appropriate penalty. William
