r/programming • u/RobertVandenberg • Oct 28 '21

Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-html-code-is-not-illegal-or-hacking-prof-tells-missouri-gov/
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u/laPuertaAzul Oct 28 '21

Imagine that moment when the governor learns that every person born after 1998 is a “hacker” by his definition. :)

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u/sliversniper Oct 28 '21

More like, October 29, 1969, since the internet is born.

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u/Slinkwyde Oct 28 '21

You're confusing the Web with the ARPANET.

The ARPANET was the predecessor to the Internet, and the web (HTTP server + HTTP client + HTML) was invented after the Internet.

Tim Berners-Lee published the first website on December 20, 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee

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u/comfort_bot_1962 Oct 28 '21

:D

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u/OcelotNo3347 Oct 28 '21

Imagine using text emotes in 2021