Rhode Island General Laws Title 11. Criminal Offenses § 11-52.2-3. Unlawful control of a computer

(a) Accessing or using the modem or internet service for such computer to cause damage to the computer or cause an owner or operator to incur financial charges for a service that is not authorized by the owner or operator;

(b) Opening multiple, sequential, stand-alone advertisements in the owner or operator's internet browser without the authorization of an owner or operator and that a reasonable computer user cannot close without turning off the computer or closing the internet browser;

(a) Settings that protect information about the owner or operator in order to steal the owner or operator's personally identifiable information; and

(b) Security settings in order to cause damage to a computer; and

(a) Presenting the owner or operator with an option to decline installation of computer software with knowledge that, when the option is selected, the installation nevertheless proceeds; and

(b) Falsely representing that computer software has been disabled.