ι΄PieFedWhat are the most rule-breaking (non-violent) acts you've committed? (either as laws of a country/state/ city ordinance Or rules of a community, school, workplace, website, etc)
I'll start.
Laws:
Aggravated Digital Piracy. Downloading probably thousands dollars worth of content. yaRrr π΄ββ οΈ (btw, check out: [email protected] it's blocked by lemmy.world instance btw)
I flew a drone without FAA LAANC approval, and beyond "line of sight" rules. (I checked air radar online, there were zero flights near me at such low altitudes that I was flying my drone, so zero safety issues)
I sent a string of encrypted text over Ham Radio bands as a "proof of concept" for a off-grid comucation method. (Rattlegram is an app on Android and iOS, that can convert text to audio; Secure Space Encryptor (SSE) is an open source encryption app that can encrypt a string of plaintext into a string of ciphertext (this app is called "Paranoia Text Encryption" on iOS), you can copy-paste this ciphertext into Rattlegram and sent it over Ham Radio, then reverse the process on the other end. Voila, encrypted off-grid communications) Encryption over Ham Radio is illegal, but whatever lmfao, fuck the FCC.
A lot of jaywalking, because I was feeling suicidal and didn't care. Never got a fine lol.
School rules:
Probably the most common is the no-phone rule. (don't worry, my education was fine, didn't miss anything important)
My high-school (in the USA) made you wear a tie, I often don't until staff tells me to, then proptly take it off when they are out of sight. (It's so fucking unfortable) Idk why they even have dress codes when my school was so "ghetto" af.
Workplace:
That no-phone rule again π
Oh, I used a pen and wrote marxist shit on the bathroom walls at my workplace (I'm not even a marxist, I just wanna fuck shit up). Never got caught. Statute of limitations probably expired by now, can't even sue me if they now found out who did it.
Websites: A lot of Terms of Service. A lot of community rules in forums.
What rules have you broken? π
Nice try, FBI.
Not today, CIA.
Dirty tricks, MI6.
Sit on this, CSIS
Don't look at me, RCMP
I'd like to remind everyone that the fediverse is public and anyone or any group can be listening in.
I mean... don't announce that you've embezzeled millions of dollars from a big corp, nothing like that lol. That'd get you in real trouble.
Nobody cares about pirates, they'd have to arrest the whole country.
Initiated a cyber-attack on the electronic infrastructure of a right wing extremist group, taking them offline.
Back in Ye Olde BBS days, there was this group called "Oregons Citizen Alliance" run by this asshole named Lon Mabon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Citizens_Alliance
https://ballotpedia.org/Lon_Mabon
https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/10/04/lon-mabon-terrified-portlanders-with-ballot-measures-but-now-sells-them-gourmet-salsa/
Everybody had a BBS in those days and the OCA was no exception. But their BBS had an interesting "feature".
You could upload files to it, but if the file wasn't .ZIP, it would uncompress it and re-compress it as .ZIP.
All you had to do was find a virally infected .ARC or some other format, upload it, and the BBS would infect itself.
BBS was offline after that.
I described an NFL game without the express written consent of NFL productions
βThen this one guy threw the ball and this other guy ran very fast towards the end of the field and caught the ball but then this other other guy knocked him overβ¦β
yaRrr π΄ββ οΈ
The worst thing I've done is warn people not to admit to their crimes on a public internet forum.
*double checks statutes of limitations*
Probably smoking weed or destruction of property.
I used to run a socialist news letter in HS. My distribution was like... one to my friend group, one to a cool teacher, and one to someone I had a crush on. Clearly it had higher readership than NYT.
In my workplace I've got ridiculous seniority so I try and revoice concerns from more junior people. I'd be pretty okay with getting a nice big severance payout so why the fuck not. I also try to be a voice of reason when it comes to AI hype.
Wtf guys stop admitting to shit.
https://youtu.be/dERcdvcXuE0&t=0m21s
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I've illegally entered Canada several times.
There is a spot my dad and I used to go fishing. It is a large lake where one side is US and the other side is Canada. On the Canada side there is a dockside store where you can buy beer, maple syrup, and souvenirs. We stopped by the store every year before camping on the US side of the lake. One day we found out there is a little hut where we were supposed to stop first to check in with customs before going to the store. Oops.
We invaded America. By accident.
There we were, traipsing along the border as part of basic training, and someone veered left. Rifles, green clothing, black boots, melon buckets. The border is really thin and a swath was well-trimmed, so it was prime walking route, and then we went to the wrong treeline. I mean, it coulda happened to anyone.
It's just amazing how excited sergeants can get over the smallest of mistakes.
we used to go back and forth all the time on fishing trips up north. even bring back produce (wild berries picked from the islands on the *other* side) without going through customs. we always did have both fishing licenses, though. catch both limits that way, regardless of where on the lake you got 'em.
Nice try glowy
Just like a glowy would say
When I was a toddler, and my parents took me shopping, as soon as I got anywhere near the part of the store/shop that had bread, I'd always end up quickly stealing a baguette, opening it, and start eating it. By the time my parents paid for everything the baguette was nearly non existent. Of course my parents paid for the baguette in the end, but I'm pretty sure it's against the rules to steal and eat one and then force your parents to pay for it. Little old toddler me didn't care about the rules!
I still absolutely love baguettes.
I like to piss in that guy's gas tank
That's better than that one asshole who kept putting gasoline in my pisstank!
That would really fuck your shit up, I imagine
I guess it would fuck up your piss more than your shit
Definitely not thousands worth of content if the DVDs I've been seeing if certain series are to be used as a judge point, but definitely a lot of digital piracy because I ain't paying streaming prices for more than old late 2000s, early 2010s style netflix where I can get everything on one service for a real good price.
Also cannot say my piracy has done anywhere near 0.0000000000001% of the damage to the gaming industry that something like SBI or just triple AAA titles in general have self inflicted on themselves over the past few years.
In Germany when there's construction work done in a city they love to put up signs "cyclists step off your bike" while they create a temporary path for cars. Fuck no! Why would lazy turds in their pollution metal boxes have more right to use the street than me? I'll only hop off and push my bike if car drivers do the same.
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Software piracy in terms of what would have been the longest sentence.
I almost cut a mechanics fingers off after he used an emergency stop as a LOTO. I would Probably not be guilty in the eyes of law or workplace safety rules but sure would have felt the worst if something bad happened.
Aside from the usual ones (jaywalking in particular wouldn't be atypical), I technically broke every rule in school at least once (all except two *exactly* once). I say "technically" because the rule-enforcement format at my school tempted classmates to snitch on each other for the smallest things. Like, did I walk into class two seconds after the bell? Did I laugh too loudly at something a classmate did that wasn't supposed to get ridicule? Did I wear the wrong socks for my uniform (and yes it was the same uniform as you)? Anything like these would get you in trouble.
It was rumored that the moment I broke a rule more than once, I would face something more serious, like mandatory appointments or something. There were only two I broke twice. One of them was because, on one April Fool's Day, everyone wanted to pull one of those cheesy end-of-the-year-style pranks where everyone shows up in the uniform of another school, but people didn't get the memo on *what uniform* it was going to be, so when everyone came in that day, it looked like comic-con, and I went with a friend's (who went to another school with another uniform). The teachers just shook their head about that. The other rule I broke twice was exam cheating; first time got me caught, second time allowed me to graduate (and I didn't get caught for that, though I fear what would happen if it got out).
My most severe punishment from school and the only one I remember getting me an in-school suspension was when they asked me to help write the yearbook, and I got to the part where everyone played the "most likely to" game, and we had an entry put in as a form of dark humor (disclaimer, DON'T do this, I admit it currently but I would neither encourage it nor use the same humor today even though the same thing has happened before... also don't harm innocent people). I was in the in-school suspension for a day where they add suspenders to your uniform as their own cheesy cruel joke (their chosen mark of someone being suspended). Because the protocol works based on punishment escalation, any rule after that would've gotten me removed from the school, so it's a good thing they didn't catch me cheating on that test.
The funny thing is here in Australia u can get away with that joke because unlike some 3rd world countries we don't have schools shootings 31 times a month.
I imagine it still would inspire equal caution, no? I know there are a lot of people from there who have had sympathies towards people who have recently become known for that (which no nation is really unique for right now). It has become so visibly precautionary that almost nobody shies away anymore from the urge to avoid them in their communities. As is how it should be.
Nar we would joke about it with teachers and each other and nobody cared cos we all knew it wouldn't happen.
We played pumped up kicks and would joke about how the American had such holy school kids.
I think you have been so institutionalised in the American system that u don't realise this isn't a problem most of the civilised world deals with. To us school shooting are a joke about how dumb Americans are nothing more.
I mean that's kinda the reasoning. But who ever said I was American? I just know there exists rules and a predisposition to go from A to Z at an unrestrained pace.
magnetic card cloning (fairly simple) and gaining access to some card controlled areas. Got caught though and had to attend a meeting.
Should have sent them an invoice for your pentesting services.
this is one i do not do. ever.\
if i'm gonna get run over--and if i survive, i'm not working again. ever... not have it be 'my fault' and not get a dime.
Jaywalking isn't inherently unsafe. You can still get run over in a crosswalk and crossing earlier in the block when traffic is light can be safer. That isn't to say I recommend it though.
Get stabbed, stab back.
That'a called self-defence, not illegal (or do you live in one of those countries that punish people for self defence? π€)
Stole my neighbours cat and re-homed it. It had to be done
Damn, what happened? Abuse? π€
Yesh they weren't good people and especially bad with animals. Poor kitten had worms and was super malnourished and they didnt seem to care. Wasn't spayed either. The new owners got her sorted out and she's doing fine ever since
Are they like poor? Because I think they are.
Bruh, like... is the cat really thin? Idk why people do that, cheap catfood always exist if they can't afford the expensive ones. I mean they aren't *great*, but at least it shows they are trying their best.
(Or if they are really broke, just shoplift catfood, fuck the law lol, my cats are getting fed, big corp can get fucked.)
The worms tho... hmm yea that is a bit harder to fix when poor, but if the cat was fed, then they probably wouldn't be weak and have health issues in the first place.
Yea, bad financial decision, you don't want kitty to have more kitties, and pregnancy is a health risk, there are too much cats, the cat probably doesn't want to be pregnant anyways.
If it weren't for the fact they they didn't get fed, I probably wouldn't be okay with you stealing the cat, I would probably more on the side of "you should probably talk to them", because medical expenses for pets are quite expensive.
But yea, in this scenario, the underfeeding is kinda where I draw the line, cat food isn't as expensive as veterinary care, they should've been able to afford it. I mean, when people's babies are hungry, and they can't afford it, they don't let their baby starve, they shoplift. Most juries wouldn't convict you for stealing cat food, and even then, the judge would probably be lenient. So I'm with you on this one.
Edit: And if they weren't in any way poor, especially if they are like "middle class" or above, then they really have no excuses, pets should get all the food they need and all medical problems should be treated since, if money isn't the issue, then its just intentional cruelty.
I ran a stop sign today.
In my company vehicle.
I use a green laser pointer to sight my telescope..
Iβm careful thereβs no planes or anything but all the same.
I mean, that isn't illegal. It's only illegal if you point it at a plane (or attempted to point it at a plane).
Thatβs why Iβm careful, but there have been times Iβve swung it too far when the adjustment slips, so.. very quick path from totally fine to felony.
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I have a media server with 40tb of videos, the worst thing though was when I was 13 or so I broke into an abandoned trailer with some friends no one had been in there for years and there was cash everywhere we ended up finding over 10k just stashed all over the place and that was lot of money in the 90's ended up getting busted because we were stupid with the money