A Michigan man has been charged under anti-hacking legislation designed to protect trade secrets after logging on to his wife’s email account and discovering she was having an affair.Leon Walker, 33, faces a trial lawyers say could have significant repercussions given that nearly half of US divorce cases involve some form of snooping, such as reading emails, text messages or social networking.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/27/us-man-hacking-wifes-emailsAlso see:US man charged after discovering wife’s affair by reading her emails on shared computer [AP]
A US man who says he learned of his wife’s affair by reading her e-mail on their computer faces trial on felony computer misuse charges.Leon Walker, 33, of Michigan, used his wife’s password to get into her Gmail account. Clara Walker filed for a divorce, which was granted this month.
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American charged with hacking after snooping on wife’s emails
A Michigan man has been charged under anti-hacking legislation designed to protect trade secrets after logging on to his wife’s email account and discovering she was having an affair.