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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Unmitigated CFAA disaster in the making,
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Mon Mar 25 16:14:25 2013
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:49:47 -0700
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Unmitigated CFAA disaster in the making, courtesy of Congress
"Rather Than Fix The CFAA, House Judiciary Committee Planning To Make
It Worse... Way Worse"
http://j.mp/16TZHKp (TechDirt)
"So, you know all that talk about things like Aaron's Law and how
Congress needs to fix the CFAA? Apparently, the House Judiciary
Committee has decided to raise a giant middle finger to folks who are
concerned about abuses of the CFAA. Over the weekend, they began
circulating a "draft" of a "cyber-security" bill that is so bad that
it almost feels like the Judiciary Committee is doing it on purpose as
a dig at online activists who have fought back against things like
SOPA, CISPA and the CFAA. Rather than fix the CFAA, it expands it.
Rather than rein in the worst parts of the bill, it makes them worse.
And, from what we've heard, the goal is to try to push this through
quickly, with a big effort underway for a "cyberweek" in the middle of
April that will force through a bunch of related bills."
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Is there anything Congress *can't* break? Don't bother answering ...
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