CFAA has actually narrowed quite a lot. The law isn't crazy as written; it's crazy as misinterpreted. Van Buren v. United States is the Supreme Court case that

CFAA has actually narrowed quite a lot. The law isn't crazy as written; it's crazy as misinterpreted. Van Buren v. United States is the Supreme Court case that tossed out most of the batshit crazy interpretations. Today, MIT wouldn't be able to Schwartz people as easily as it did in years past. (And yes, MIT kept threatening folks like whistleblowers under the CFAA to get them to sign NDAs long after Schwartz; to Schwartz someone was a verb around MIT)