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• @ericgeller Eric Geller on x

  BREAKING: In 6-3 vote, Supreme Court narrows scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, landmark cybercrime law, ruling that it doesn't cover situations where people who are authorized to access a computer system do so for improper reasons. https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... https://t…

• @vathpela Farce Majeure on x

  On the one hand, this is good news. On the other hand, when the FBI caught a cop taking bribes *to check if someone was an undercover cop*, how did the prosecutors decide the appropriate thing was a fairly minor computer fraud charge, with no bribery or corruption charges? https:…

• @orphir_ @orphir_ on x

  This is a big deal. Comes too late to save Aaron Swartz though. And the specific case that the Supreme Court is using to make this decision is about a cop running license plates outside of cop duties. Overall probably good though. https://twitter.com/...

• @chadloder Chad Loder on x

  @Techmeme This should overturn the CFAA conviction for @xychelsea https://www.eff.org/...

• @chadloder Chad Loder on x

  So Aaron Swartz was innocent and he deserves a full pardon. https://twitter.com/...

• @jesselynradack @jesselynradack on x

  So @NSAGov LOVEINT still ok? https://twitter.com/...

• @matthewkeyslive Matthew Keys on x

  The tragedy here is, if this interpretation had come down prior to 2013, Aaron Swartz would almost certainly still be alive. Swartz was indicted in 2011 on similar accusations of violating @JSTOR's terms of use, among other things. https://twitter.com/...

• @chadloder Chad Loder on x

  So @xychelsea should be pardoned. https://twitter.com/...

• @ddayen David Dayen on x

  Aaron Swartz was right https://twitter.com/...

• @padresj Fr. Robert R. Ballecer on x

  This was long overdue. The CFAA has been stretched to fit activities that weren't even pipe-dreams when the law was created. It's time to get tech-savvy legislators like @BriannaWu into office so they can make the punishments fit the crimes. (literally) https://twitter.com/...

• @dellcam Dell Cameron on x

  “The CFAA arose as a national topic of debate in 2011 after the Justice Department indicted Aaron Swartz... a programming prodigy who invented the software behind RSS at age 14, died by suicide two years later.” https://twitter.com/...

• @issielapowsky Issie Lapowsky on x

  Umm here is how Justice Thomas deals with concerns raised by the majority about how a broad interpretation of CFAA risks criminalizing ordinary behavior (like sending personal emails with your work computer). “Much of the Federal Code criminalizes common activity.” 🙃 https://twit…

• @issielapowsky Issie Lapowsky on x

  NEW: In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS narrowly interpreted the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in its decision in Van Buren v. U.S., avoiding what some feared would be a disastrously overly broad interpretation of what constitutes a cybercrime https://www.protocol.com/...

• @mikedoesdata Michael Gagliano on x

  Big news for people who use Excel or Google Sheets as their databases! In all seriousness, while a win, I predict this is going to create new loopholes that will be even more difficult to assess. https://twitter.com/...

• @jackposobiec @jackposobiec on x

  Has anyone told Julian Assange? https://twitter.com/...

• @ryangirdusky Ryan James Girdusky on x

  The 6 are Barrett, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshgerstein Josh Gerstein on x

  Trump appointees (who also happen to bebthe newest/youngest justices) join #SCOTUS liberals to narrow computer crime law known as #CFAA. W/@ericgeller https://www.politico.com/...

• @quinnypig Corey Quinn on x

  HELL YES, the Supreme Court has affirmed that I can continue to misuse DNS as a database! https://twitter.com/...