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schiffern • today at 7:05 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yes, the CFAA is outdated.

When the CFAA was written, it was impossible to trip over something and accidentally hack another computer. Now, with AI, it's possible. Progress, glorious progress...

Technology has progressed, and the laws need to advance with it. Story as old as time!


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fc417fc802 • today at 8:33 PM

If the breach wasn't intentional, no person came to immediate personal harm, and either no financial damages resulted or the operator covered any that did, then it isn't clear to me why the law would need to "advance" to transform something apparently benign into a criminal offense.