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A National Priority and a Business Priority
Should Companies Tell Us When They Get Hacked? Lauren Gelman dicusses in this New York Times Op-Ed. * Date Published:02/21/2013 * Original Publication:New Yo…
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Innovation or Exploitation? (Audio)
Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have violated fede…
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Innovation or Exploitation Wrap Up
Thanks to our speakers and everyone who came out last night for the Innovation or Exploitation event, highlighting problems the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CF…
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Why Breach of Contract Should Never Be A Crime
In the face of efforts to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), some buinesses have told lawmakers that the CFAA should be used to punish breach of co…
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Aaron’s Law Takes Shape
"Jennifer Granick, a scholar and computer crime defense attorney at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, addressed Kerr’s proposal in a January 23 p…
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Have You Committed the Crime of Outsmarting?
The Hacker Manifesto lauds the world of the electron and the switch, where the talented are treated equally and the values of curiosity and exploration reign su…
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Thoughts on Orin Kerr's CFAA Reform Proposals: A Great Second Step
Law professor and cybercrime expert Orin Kerr published a proposal to amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to address the overcriminalization that he h…
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Thoughts on Zoe Lofgren's CFAA Bill: A Great First Step
Yesterday, Representative Zoe Lofgren introduced on Reddit a bill to improve the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide during t…
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz: Part 2
Below is part 2 of the post Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz. The CFAA is incredibly broad and covers swaths of online conduct that should not merit p…
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With the CFAA, Law and Justice Are Not The Same: A Response to Orin Kerr
Law Professor and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act expert Orin Kerr wrote today in his usual thorough and well-informed fashion about the legal claims in Aaron Swar…
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz
Over the weekend, I learned that Aaron Swartz had taken his own life. I cried, and am still crying, for him, his family, for the close friends who loved him, a…
Legal Issues in Mobile Security Research
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Marcia Hoffman participated in a Hacker Hotshot session where she discussed legal issues in mobile security research. More Info.…