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> However, the idea that the CFAA is the best we can do in the way of legislation is just laughable. I really can't stand this futile notion that because the la
by mpyne 14y ago
> However, the idea that the CFAA is the best we can do in the way of legislation is just laughable. I really can't stand this futile notion that because the law can't be totally perfect, we might as well just give up and allow it to be catastrophically bad. No to that. We can't make it perfect but we can make it a lot better than it is.
You're exactly right but careful about what you're arguing against. I don't think anyone is actually claiming that CFAA is the best achievable law we could have, or that we shouldn't try to improve it (even if we accept that the law will be mostly written and almost completely enforced by those without technical training in computers and networking).
- AnthonyMouse 14y agoThe sense of the post I responded to was very much that what happened in this case was acceptable or understandable because justice is complicated, which implies that there is little to nothing that could or should be done about it. But complexity doesn't excuse failure. Mistakes may be inevitable but that is no excuse not to learn from them and do better next time.