It’s not illegal to unplug something
Because you don’t want to leave fingerprints behind when you unplug something on camera.
Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Actually, it could be. That could be considered vandalism (you’re intentionally making unauthorized modifications to equipment to prevent it from working as expected) which is illegal.
Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They can just plug it back in. It’ll be ok.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh, I guess if you can just plug it back in, that just invalidates the downtime that was caused or data being lost.
Being able to undo vandalism doesn’t make it suddenly not vandalism.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, at worst, it would be criminal mischief. Criminal mischief with $0 in property damage…
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 months ago
So people can just unplug cables at data centers because it’s “$0 property damage criminal mischief”?
Come on, their lawyers would (successfully) argue that they experienced loss of revenue for any amount of time their remote cashier system was not connected and operational…
TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Secret…agent man!
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hi
TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Oh sorry, I didn’t mean you, not-so-secret agent man
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re significantly overestimating the police response to a non-vandalism.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
They use fingerprints for murder cases, not camera unplugging cases.
Also, this lady now has a job and you’re talking about ruining her job.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I want to upvote the first half of this and downvote the second half.