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To be fair they were talking about pentesters, for whom port scanning is usually on the table, and breaking the law is not.

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Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. 1030) it is a federal crime to "intentionally access a computer without authorization or exceed authorized access" ...

An eager prosecutor could take that and run a mile

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