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  • 06-04-2016, 02:27 PM
    Dogmatique
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    Quoting free9man
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    who just happened to come across this exact thread today? Color me dubious.

    ;)

    I'm sayin' nuthin' :D
  • 06-04-2016, 02:28 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    ...and within those three months I had given my girlfriend my phone to stay in contact with me to contact a number that I use on my computer.

    And you left yourself logged into online services on this phone, so that anybody who got the phone could access your accounts? I think it's also safe to say that you didn't have permission from the child's parents?
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    Quoting Mr.Pickles
    We saw each other again and her parents found out then they filed an Order of Protection. While in this process, the mother of my girlfriend found the phone and decided to go into my email and my Facebook, and change both of the passwords. And added her own personal phone number to the Facebook account, and I was wondering if there was possibly anything I can do?

    As you have been told, you can follow procedures defined by the services at issue to try to have your password reset. If you want to try reporting the intrusion to the police, they may find a reason to investigate -- but under the circumstances, you may not want them looking at you -- or the contents of your phone.
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    Quoting Mr.Pickles
    She doesn't have the right to get into my phone and just take the accounts from me, right? Invasion of privacy, I have rights.

    You gave the phone to a child to use, and it was found by the child's parents. It's not at all unreasonable for parents of a child to examine a phone that they unexpectedly find among their child's possessions. While the intentional, unauthorized access to a protected computer and obtaining information from that computer can constitute a misdemeanor under that statute, you have not yet stated facts that would implicate a more serious offense, and it's questionable whether state authorities would act under the circumstances. Not only are the facts bad for any attempt to prosecute, or for even getting a prosecutor interested in the case, but there are serious issues of proof. If you foolishly give away a computer device on which you've stored passwords for online services, even if the service's records show access or activity from that device, once it leaves your custody it's not going to be apparent from those records who accessed your accounts. Has mom confessed to changing the passwords, or are you speculating?
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    Quoting TechWorker
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    I am a professional computer programmer, and I am appalled at the answers I'm seeing in this thread. This website is called ExpertLaw, but it's clear to me that the people here are not experts in computer law.

    And... you hope to prove that by demonstrating that you have not read the thread. Nobody has suggested that mom could not face criminal charges.
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    Quoting TechWorker
    What the mother did here is definitely against federal law.

    You mention a case from 2008 in which a man hacked into his co-worker's email, hundreds of times, in the context of what was characterized as stalking behavior, and was charged with a violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1030. Charges might also have been possible under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2701. Under the facts given here, the most serious charges that could follow under either statute would be a misdemeanor. Similarly, there might be a misdemeanor offense chargeable under 720 ILCS 5/17-51.
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    Quoting TechWorker
    The FBI probably will not care about any local laws the OP violated, as local laws are not within the FBI's jurisdiction.

    There's no "probably" about that. But as others more informed than you have already pointed out, the FBI is not going to investigate allegations that mom supposedly changed passwords on accounts accessible through a phone an adult secretly gave to her child.
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    Please show me exactly where anyone said that the mother did not violate any laws.

    I hope you're not holding your breath while you wait for his answer.
  • 06-04-2016, 02:29 PM
    Dogmatique
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    The FBI went after Larry Mendte.



    Like Larry Mendte, she might get only house arrest. But she will have a criminal record.

    You really can't see the vast differences present?

    Really? Really?
  • 06-04-2016, 02:34 PM
    TechWorker
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    Quoting cbg
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    Please show me exactly where anyone said that the mother did not violate any laws.


    "She has every right to protect her child.

    Leave the child alone, and you'll probably get your phone back.

    Maybe."

    Dogmatique

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    Quoting cbg
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    Please show me exactly where anyone said that the mother did not violate any laws.

    "I was wondering if there was possibly anything I can do?

    Yes, there is.

    You can refrain from diddling children.

    There's something else you can do, too.

    You can refrain from violating the order of protection.

    Oh, you mean, is there anything you can do about the mother protecting her child? No, there isn't."

    cbg
  • 06-04-2016, 02:36 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
    So, you have nothing.
  • 06-04-2016, 02:38 PM
    TechWorker
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    Quoting cbg
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    The FBI went after a public figure who accessed the emails of another public figure. That's a very far cry from going after an unknown individual who changed the passwords of the Facebook account of another unknown individual.

    Actually, a non-famous person is more vulnerable to being prosecuted. So, if they went after someone famous, they should go after someone non-famous.

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    Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    So, you have nothing.

    What do you mean, I have nothing? I just showed you two posts that said, that the mother has not broken the law and that the OP has no legal recourse.
  • 06-04-2016, 02:50 PM
    Dogmatique
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
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    Quoting TechWorker
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    "She has every right to protect her child.

    Leave the child alone, and you'll probably get your phone back.

    Maybe."

    Dogmatique

    Child, learn to read.
  • 06-04-2016, 02:53 PM
    cbg
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
    I don't see, The mother has not broken the law, in either of those posts.

    My friend, if you cannot see the very vast difference between what has happened here and the case you're trying so very hard to link this to, then I'd say your logic and comprehension are no better than your reading comprehension.
  • 06-04-2016, 03:07 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
    Depending upon the full facts and what a prosecutor believes can actually be proved, it is possible that the facts could support a misdemeanor prosecution of somebody. But when the police or a prosecutor hear the context, the odds that they're going to investigate to try to determine exactly who did what, how and when, to lock the OP out of accounts he carelessly leaves accessible through devices he gives to children would be... I don't want to say 0% because there's always a chance, but it's a chance at or below the level of a rounding error.

    Meanwhile, the adult has been communicating with the child over what may well be an unlawful sexual relationship, using that device, and it may be brimming with evidence that could be used to support charges against him, as well as to support the petition for a protective order.
  • 06-04-2016, 04:00 PM
    TechWorker
    Re: Her Parents Having the Right to Go into a Phone/Email/Facebook
    It is not clear that the OP has broken any laws at all.

    The OP states that the mother THINKS that the OP and the girl have had sex. There is no proof that they HAVE had sex.

    Also, there is no proof that the OP and the girl have been in contact since the order of protection was established. The OP could have given the phone to the girl BEFORE the order was established.
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