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The fuck? This was a civil case. Computer fraud is a felony, and around that time the DoJ was getting very trigger-happy in turning civil cases criminal. Googl
by kick 7y ago
The fuck? This was a civil case.
Computer fraud is a felony, and around that time the DoJ was getting very trigger-happy in turning civil cases criminal. Google the CFAA, which they were trying to pin Hotz under.
- FDSGSG 7y ago> DoJ was getting very trigger-happy in turning civil cases criminal Do you happen to have a single example of this?
- kick 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz
- FDSGSG 7y agoI don't think there was ever a civil suit filed against Swartz. As far as I remember and according to the timeline on wikipedia this seems to have been a criminal case from the very beginning. And in any case I don't think this is a great example of the DOJ being trigger-happy, what Swartz did was obviously criminal and they were still willing to let him off with only a slap on the wrist.