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“Mass” is kind of an important word there. Swartz and the “many more examples” are still essentially rare and isolated incidents.
by CrazedGeek 5y ago
“Mass” is kind of an important word there. Swartz and the “many more examples” are still essentially rare and isolated incidents.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoThe mass is the fact that every single person is subject to being abused, any time anyone else wants to. They can't do it to everyone because of simple logistics, but they can do it to anyone. If you didn't get thrown in prison today, it's not because the problem doesn't apply to you and you are safe. It's only because no one decided it would be super convenient for them if you went away.
- prepend 5y agoUnder that definition, there’s no mass prosecutions under any law, right. There aren’t a great number of prosecutions for federal laws. I can’t find any specific statistics for charges brought under CFAA. I think the issue isn’t the total number but the potential total number. So if there’s mass violation and law enforcement picks and chooses who to prosecute that’s a problem. Although obviously it’s less a problem if they do that 1,000 times a year vs 1,000,000.