The american anti hacker law is so extended that criminalizes such a harmless activity, as the use of фейкового login name on Facebook or a false indication of the weight of the profile Match.com, said one of the most respected authorities of the country in the field of law.
Professor Orientation Kerr from the George Washington University, said that he hopes that the criticism will stimulate changes in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the law, which is often used against the people that go beyond authorized access to the web sites and computers. He published a letter on Monday, the day before the appointed a meeting with the subcommittee of the U.S. house of representatives on crime, terrorism and national security.
"The current version of the law of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) represents a threat to the civil liberties of millions of americans who use computers and the internet, "said Kerr, a former prosecutor, dealt with the break-ins. "Judging by the interpretation of the Ministry of justice, many computer users, if not most, regularly violate the CFAA. Any of them may face arrest and prosecution."
CFAA punishes people who deliberately go beyond access to get the information from the protected computer. Kerr noted, that the excess resolution can be achieved violation of all one of the conditions of service, for example, such, as put forward Match.com, which prohibits users to provide "inaccurate, misleading or false information" to any other party. A user who provides false information about the weight or growth and gains access to the profile of the other party, may well violate, said Kerr.
"The law does not require that the information was valuable or private, "he wrote. "Enough of any information. Routine and completely innocent activities, such as visiting the site, the transition to a hyperlink or opening required in general will be enough".
The criticism followed three years later, after the federal prosecutors have condemned the mother of Missouri for the use of fake MySpace-account-with the aim of teasing over the girl-teenager, who later committed suicide. Lori Drew was ultimately found guilty, but the charge was later cancelled after the judge criticized the CFAA the criminalization of what otherwise could be a simple breach of contract in the civil case.
Kerr recommended to amend the CFAA, to clarify that exceeding authorized access does not include the conditions of use of the service. The amendment to the law will provide its narrowing to include only that information which is being obtained in violation of the norms of "can do serious harm."
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