A more expansive view was adopted by the Supreme Court of Washington
in State of Washington v. Riley.97 The defendant used his computer
to obtain long-distance phone calls without payment. The placement of
calls was controlled by a computer switch, and it was accepted that this
switch was a ‘computer’ within the terms of the statute.98 Legitimate users
of the phone service would need to dial a six-digit access code before they
could use the service. The defendant’s computer was programmed to dial
six randomly selected numbers followed by a long-distance number. By
noting which calls were connected, the defendant could determine that
the six numbers matched the access code of a legitimate user