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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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Hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer Attempts to Overturn Conviction
Auernheimer is serving a 41-month prison sentence for identity theft and conspiracy after he obtained thousands of email addresses through AT&T's public servers.
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Video: Are Computer Laws Too Tough On "Hacktivists"?
“So you get 25 years in prison for forcibly entering your way into a computer, but one year in prison for forcibly entering your way into a female?” said Deric Lostutter, who exposed the rape of a girl in Steubenville, Ohio, and is now facing criminal charges.
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Hedges: The Death of Truth
The global assault on Wikileaks is part of the terrifying metamorphosis of the “war on terror” into a wider war on civil liberties — a hunt not for actual terrorists, but for all those with the ability to expose the mounting crimes of the power elite.
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Internet Rights — and America's Lack Therof
Internet freedom is an illusion in the U.S.
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The Latest Victims of Justice Department Overreach
Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer was sentenced Monday to 3.5 years in prison for revealing to the media that AT&T had configured its servers to allow access to iPad owners’ unsecured email addresses.
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'Aaron's Law' Proposes Reining in Federal Anti-Hacking Statute
Amendments being proposed to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act will limit the definition of unauthorized access to make a clear distinction between criminal hacking activity and simply acts that exceed authorized access on a minor level.
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Hacktivism: Civil Disobedience or Cyber Crime?
As Aaron Swartz’s and other “hacktivist” cases demonstrate, you don’t have to be a hacker to be viewed as one under federal law.
