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[ErrantX]

Someone suggested to me earlier that it might be possible to call it unauthorised access, which is a crime under that act.

However as you would voluntarily give up the key that becomes complicated; a court would have to decide that you were given no choice (give up the password, or give up the job).

[Duff → ErrantX]

The question then becomes, are you an accessory to a federal crime by enabling someone to gain unauthorized access to a computer system?

[ErrantX → Duff]

No; in much the same way as if the Russian Mafia held you at gun point to hand over the password :)