[Q] Legality of password-cracking to raid a region
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:51 am
Woke up this morning to see my region's embassy with The Embassy was closing, due to a raid. For the record, we're putting aside the fiery debate on 'is raiding moral or not'.
Upon checking the regional activity, I saw that not once has the regional password been changed or removed (at least not recently). Therefore, the password must have been guessed, cracked or found out some other way.
So what are the rules on breaking regional password + it's relation with R/D gameplay? I suppose the rules are the same as with nations - no password cracking allowed. But is trying to search for clues and using social manipulation allowed, and if so, is that allowed for nation passwords (can someone steal a nation using those techniques)? Or is it a matter of intent - are people allowed to break into a region against the password-setters will and does that apply to nation passwords.
On the raid, I invite both the residents from The Embassy and the raiders who took a role in the process of obtaining the password to explain how the password was obtained. This is not about raiders v natives or the morals of raiding a password-protected region, but I believe that clearing up the rules on what is legal for both nations and regions is important, as it will hopefully prevent both raiders and defenders from accidentally crossing the line to raid or liberate a region (in the case of defenders this would be liberating a region password-protected by raiders), as well as ensuring that people can't abuse this to steal nations if the rules are the same.
I also repeat, this is moderation and this is about rules only. Other forums such as gameplay are there to debate the morals of raiding these regions (even though I do have strong feelings, I refrain from ranting here).
If the mods believe it would be a good idea, I'm happy to turn this into a discussion thread.
Upon checking the regional activity, I saw that not once has the regional password been changed or removed (at least not recently). Therefore, the password must have been guessed, cracked or found out some other way.
So what are the rules on breaking regional password + it's relation with R/D gameplay? I suppose the rules are the same as with nations - no password cracking allowed. But is trying to search for clues and using social manipulation allowed, and if so, is that allowed for nation passwords (can someone steal a nation using those techniques)? Or is it a matter of intent - are people allowed to break into a region against the password-setters will and does that apply to nation passwords.
On the raid, I invite both the residents from The Embassy and the raiders who took a role in the process of obtaining the password to explain how the password was obtained. This is not about raiders v natives or the morals of raiding a password-protected region, but I believe that clearing up the rules on what is legal for both nations and regions is important, as it will hopefully prevent both raiders and defenders from accidentally crossing the line to raid or liberate a region (in the case of defenders this would be liberating a region password-protected by raiders), as well as ensuring that people can't abuse this to steal nations if the rules are the same.
I also repeat, this is moderation and this is about rules only. Other forums such as gameplay are there to debate the morals of raiding these regions (even though I do have strong feelings, I refrain from ranting here).
If the mods believe it would be a good idea, I'm happy to turn this into a discussion thread.