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		bavell on Dec 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out Only one way to find out! What are the possible legal risks to an innocent researcher testing this worthy hypothesis? Asking for a friend of course ;)

Miner49er on Dec 30, 2020 | [–]

In the US? Jail, probably. The CFAA is given very broad reach, especially when you mess with corporations.

IANAL, though.

strombofulous on Dec 30, 2020 | [–]

Probably the same thing that happened ~10 years ago in a very similar situation https://www.eff.org/cases/us-v-auernheimer

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