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What Rob Graham is saying is very similar to the situation for many years with the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in the UK. It took the conviction of someone for not
by iuguy 14y ago
What Rob Graham is saying is very similar to the situation for many years with the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in the UK. It took the conviction of someone for not hacking for the establishment to realise that the law indeed was an ass and needed to be changed, and several years for the amendments in the Police and Justice act to kick in that provided much needed background, sadly at the cost of what are referred to as "dual use tools", such as your web browser.
- aptwebapps 14y agoAre you referring to the guy who was convicted for accessing his bank's site with lynx (or similar)? I remember a story like that but this [1] is basically all I turned up. I'm sure I read more than that originally. Do you know more about it? [1] http://boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed-for-using-a-n.html http://boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed-for-using-a-n.html
- iuguy 14y agoYes, that's the one. Yes, I know the guy in question personally. He's an extremely well respected security specialist who unfortunately got the full kafkaesque treatment[1]. [1] - http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/008118.html http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/008118.html