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Is it permitted to steal information from a non-Jew or from a Jew via the internet?

Question

Is it halachically permitted to steal information from a non-Jew via the internet in a way that he does not know that anything was stolen from him? And is it permitted to steal information from a Jew via the internet?

Answer

Shalom and blessings 

It is forbidden to steal information, whether from a Jew or from a non-Jew. 

Answered 23 February 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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