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To do his evil deeds, Weev had to write a short computer program to increment the number in the URL millions of times. The average person couldn't do that, not knowing how to code.
It's like the difference between a curb and a fence. Stepping over a curb isn't trespassing but climbing a fence is. Because most people know that a fence means 'keep out'.
Indeed, without scripts/code, then Google wouldn't work.
But that's not true, because that's even more vague. Techies honestly believe they are authorized and still violate the CFAA.
Is that unauthorized access a of computer? nobody knows