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WIRED raises one possibility: > Online anonymity tools certainly aren’t illegal. Tools like VPNs have allowed users to obscure their IP addresses for years. Th
by mintplant 11y ago
WIRED raises one possibility:
> Online anonymity tools certainly aren’t illegal. Tools like VPNs have allowed users to obscure their IP addresses for years. The anonymity software Tor is even funded by the U.S. government. But it’s possible that secretly planting a ProxyHam on someone else’s network might be interpreted as unauthorized access under America’s draconian and vague Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/online-anonymity-project-proxyham-mysteriously-vanishes/ http://www.wired.com/2015/07/online-anonymity-project-proxyh...
- mirimir 11y agoRight. And there's a free speech exception for incitement, plus potential civil liability. I suspect that he consulted a lawyer.
- qq66 11y agoDon't know about the CFAA as a whole, but it's perfectly sensible for placing a repeater on someone else's network without permission to be illegal.