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Everyone should be encouraged to exercise their right to interoperability, coders should be praised for these types of projects.

Potential risks are that a company might have to use their might against an individual potentially setting the precedent that terms and conditions are not legally binding contracts with any reprecrussions other than account deletion (imo fair game).

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You mean like in the United States v. Aaron Swartz case?

I'm sorry, but accessing non-publicly available data in a way that violates the T&C of a site (which you agreed to, in order to be granted the registration), is well-established to be illegal and, if you are prosecuted, you can face serious penalties.

People should not be encouraged to do things that can land them in jail.

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