The CFAA is far too big a stick to trust with federal prosecutors. Aside from the case the EFF names, it was also used to threaten geohot [1] when he first rele

The CFAA is far too big a stick to trust with federal prosecutors. Aside from the case the EFF names, it was also used to threaten geohot [1] when he first released details on the PS3 jailbreak. Sony argued that geohotz's access to his own (!) PS3 constituted unauthorized access to a protected computer and this claim survived a preliminary motion to dismiss. 1. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110218181557455 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110218181557455 EDIT: I do realize that geohotz's case is civil; in my opinion both the civil and criminal aspects of the statute are wrong.