, 2004-03-01
A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law.
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Is password-lending a cybercrime?
, 2004-03-01 A judge's wrongheaded interpretation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act illustrates the problems of allowing civil enforcement of a criminal law.
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It could potentially be a crime, if authorisation is interpreted narrowly to mean only that which is acceptable to the authorisor. Breaching or exceeding authority are problematic areas for a number of jurisdictions. A tightly worded end-user agreement could quite easily push this type of activity into the criminal.
Certainly the decision appears flawed, if only on the interpretation of damage.
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