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Remember when Aaron Schwarz didn't break the CFAA, or hack into any other person or organisation's private data, but was nonetheless brutally assaulted by the g
by olliej 6y ago
Remember when Aaron Schwarz didn't break the CFAA, or hack into any other person or organisation's private data, but was nonetheless brutally assaulted by the government until he committed suicide?
Then here's Ticketmaster caught literally hacking into their competitors systems and they get a slap on the hand. No one going to jail, no one becoming a felon, no one's life ruined.
- gunnihinn 6y agoThis is America. Schwarz was not prosecuted for his crimes but for his failure to monetize them.
- minot 6y agoI’ve said this before and I’m more convinced of this now: the cfaa is unsalvagable and must be completely repealed/scrapped. All of it. No half measures. It does nothing to stop what matters: corporations or nation states. Horrible corporations like LinkedIn try to use it. Having the CFAA is literally worse than not having any laws about this. Not only must WE repeal it, the US must go around the world helping people understand that other countries must not enact or must scrap such laws.
- tricolon 6y agojust pointing out that his name is Aaron Swartz
- olliej 6y agodammit