Editing Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking (section)

===What constitutes illegal hacking===

Illegal hacking, by contrast, involves:
*Accessing remote systems without authorization
*Bypassing login or authentication mechanisms on someone else's network
*Stealing or distributing copyrighted code without a license
*Tampering with systems in ways that compromise others' data or services
*Continuing access after explicit revocation (see '''Facebook v. Power Ventures''', 2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FACEBOOK, INC., a Delaware
corporation,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
POWER VENTURES, INC., DBA
Power.com, a California
corporation; POWER VENTURES,
INC., a Cayman Island
corporation,
Defendants,
and
STEVEN SURAJ VACHANI, an
individual,
Defendant-Appellant. |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/07/12/13-17102.pdf}}</ref>

The key difference is ownership & scope: Reverse engineering stays within the boundary of what you own. Hacking crosses into systems that you don't.

Hacking, in most cases, ''involves'' doing reverse engineering. Companies usually use this to mislead ill-informed people into believing both are illegal hacking. Reverse engineering alone is ''not'' hacking.