CFAA: The imperfect criminal law and order of the digital land
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) of 1986 is a controversial US law addressing computer crime – not only seeking to establish behavioral norms online, but also contributing to enforcement misuse/overreach with unintended consequences offline... History of CFAA legislation US v Matthew Keys (2012) US v Derrick Lostutter (2017) HiQ Labs v LinkedIn (2019) US v Aaron Swartz (2011) "Unauthorized access" (web scraping and who owns data?) Safe harbor for ethical/white hat security researchers Terms o...