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[kpac]

Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website.

Fair play to them. The US government and media corporations have too much to say and should keep some things to itself. For every file-sharing site taken offline, two more will go up.

Can anybody explain this to me? Please.
By just having javascript on one might break the law just by looking at a site? Hard to believe. Is that a type?

The site probably has an image or something hotlinked from the named website, and javascript is used to constantly refreshed that image, say every 200 milliseconds. That would be one way they could do it. And no, you're not breaking the law by visiting the site. It's the site itself that breaks the law.

[patio]

From the above link:
Can anybody explain this to me? Please.
By just having javascript on one might break the law just by looking at a site? Hard to believe. Is that a type?

Can you see it? You go buy a PC and next  to the logo that says "Intel Inside" there is a a waring" " Danger: the PC has javascript enabled, which may be a crime in some jurisdictions."

You sure have a unique way of going off on wild tangents...

                                     

[Mulreay]

From the above link:
Can anybody explain this to me? Please.
By just having javascript on one might break the law just by looking at a site? Hard to believe. Is that a type?

Can you see it? You go buy a PC and next  to the logo that says "Intel Inside" there is a a waring" " Danger: the PC has javascript enabled, which may be a crime in some jurisdictions."

Some would say your reading too much into it. Me included.

[Mulreay]

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