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This choice should be considered a career limiting decision by any hiring manager.

Are you saying that you're holding a 17 year old student in Germany responsible for not understanding US labor laws?

I find the meaning and knowledge of laws to be inaccessible overall as a 18+ citizen. I'm not American, but who for instance knew that there were "provisions" under the Federal Labor Standards Act?

It makes me angry, but the law here in the US is that "ignorance is not a defense." Oh... you didn't know our several million laws when you broke one? Too bad, they say. Lawyers counter that if the law was simpler, they wouldn't have jobs.

Yes, but US labor laws don't apply to someone living in Germany anyway.

Ok. Now if only the kid actually was over there in the US.

It's not that simple. When you access an American network, your usage is governed my American laws -- period.

You make it sound like if you hacked into Paypal from Germany you'd be completely immune to American law on the matter because you're not in the US.

That's simply not true.

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