Question: (a) If you accidentally find someone's password and use it to get into a system, is this hacking? Explain. (b) Someone sends you a game.

(a) If you accidentally find someone's password and use it to get into a system, is this hacking? Explain.
(b) Someone sends you a "game." When you run it, it logs you into an IRS server. Is this hacking? Explain.
(c) Could you be prosecuted for doing this?
(d) You have access to your home page on a server. By accident, you discover that if you hit a certain key, you can get into someone else's files. You spend just a few minutes looking around. Is this hacking? Explain.

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