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This provision establishes the operational boundary for permitted system access and defines the scope of prohibited security testing activities. It operationalizes AWS's security posture by contractually restricting certain technical activities that could compromise system integrity or expose other users' data.
Users are contractually required to refrain from unauthorized vulnerability testing, security probing, or data interception on AWS systems. The terms establish that accessing systems without permission or attempting to circumvent security measures violates the service agreement.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"Security Violations. Accessing or using any System without permission, including attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a System or to breach any security or authentication measures used by a System. Intercepting or monitoring data or traffic on a System without permission.— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This provision establishes the operational boundary for permitted system access and defines the scope of prohibited security testing activities. It operationalizes AWS's security posture by contractually restricting certain technical activities that could compromise system integrity or expose other users' data.
Users are contractually required to refrain from unauthorized vulnerability testing, security probing, or data interception on AWS systems. The terms establish that accessing systems without permission or attempting to circumvent security measures violates the service agreement.
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