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True, it could be theft of trade secrets or something else. But that would depend on what you did with the information. Just breaking the NDA by blabbing to someone isn't a crime in of itself, but it is a breach of contract, which is what I was trying to get at.



Yeah, that's exactly right. Theft of trade secrets only applies in a narrow set of circumstances, but a broad reading of the CFAA could be applied to any condition in a TOS, which is why it is way more troubling.




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