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It might work since one has no expectation of privacy in public and taking picture of him is perfectly legal, making a copy of the document (taking picture) on the machine with no expectation of privacy would be perfectly legally too.


Probably not though. The CFAA still says it's illegal to do anything on a computer that you're not authorized to use. It has nothing to do with expectation of privacy.


Does CFAA apply to FBI as well?


No, ikeboy pointed out below that the CFAA doesn't apply to the government.




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