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You know, I think we as programmers have a tendency to want everything to be well-defined, and that can sometimes turn tedious. In this particular case, that's
by j_baker 14y ago
You know, I think we as programmers have a tendency to want everything to be well-defined, and that can sometimes turn tedious. In this particular case, that's what the OP is doing. Congress simply isn't capable of writing these laws fast enough to keep up with the technology, nor do I think it's preferable ("The citizens of Utah will not stand for oauth2-based authentication! Only SOAP will do!").
This is what we have courts and an executive branch for: the law can really only provide broad guidelines. It's up to the other branches to apply these principles in practice.
- chii 14y agoexcept that the wording of the law allows for application in which unfortunate individuals can be prosecuted, but the reason for the prosecution isn't due to the fact that their action has harmed society at large, but might have harmed an important individual or entity. In other words, they can be applied unfairly, and this gives power to entities that have lobbying power over the citizen, with no recourse for the citizen.