Is there a difference between ‘hacking’ and figuring out someone’s account password?
That's what I was thinking. This was not a "hack", apparently. Her password was probably something like trig123 and someone figured it out.
I am not an expert but frequently thay mean the same. However, sometimes a system is 'weak' and the password can be bypassed. I remember reading about how a certain key combination would open all accounts in a certain application. Sometimes software developers put in back-door ways to access so they don't have to go through the normal tedious sequences to get to certain parts of their software applications. Done to speed up development and testing of software.
Not legally IMHO.
If you read the account on Malkin, the hacker didn’t guess the password. He googled information about her and went to the “forgot my password” link, answered a security question from the googled information, and got a new password. That sounds more like hacking to me.
The dems are trying to spin this as “well she might have used her personal account for government related business to evade oversight.” I don’t know who’s worse, the dems or the media, because they’re all saying it, even the stupid Hollywood gossip show tonight led with the implication that Sarah Palin might face jail time.