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CFAA bans accessing a protected computer without authorization. Hitting URLs denied by robots.txt has been argued to be just that.


> Hitting URLs denied by robots.txt has been argued to be just that.

"Has been argued" -- sure, but never successfully; in fact, in HiQ v. LinkedIn, the 9th Circuit ruled (twice, both before and on remand again after and applying the Supreme Court ruling in Van Buren v. US) against a cease and desist on top of robots.txt to stop accessing data on a public website constituting "without authorization" under the CFAA.


Now do every other jurisdiction


CFAA was mentioned specifically, which means only US jurisdiction is relevant here.




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