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Supreme Court limits breadth of CFAA

dimanche 6 juin 2021 à 02:00

The Supreme Court limited the breadth of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, ruling that accessing data for invalid purposes was not a violation.

This was the right decision. Justice Thomas was confused in his arguments. It should be prohibited to pull a fire alarm when there is no file — and it is prohibited, by another law, one which has nothing to do with using a digital system. The CFAA should not apply.

Congress takes field trip to Goldman Sachs

dimanche 6 juin 2021 à 02:00

(satire) *Congress Takes Field Trip To Goldman Sachs To Learn How Laws Get Made.*

Feral driverless car

dimanche 6 juin 2021 à 02:00

(satire) *Homeowner Shoos Away Feral Driverless Car Rooting Around Garage.*

Business-supremacy treaties

dimanche 6 juin 2021 à 02:00

If governments agree to liberate manufacture of vaccines, companies could sue them using business-supremacy treaties. "You're not allowed to save lives if that reduces our profits," is the motto of plutocracy.

Texas governor threatens child care facilities

dimanche 6 juin 2021 à 02:00

The Republican motto is "Say it with cruelty." The governor of Texas plans to cancel the licenses of the child care facilities that take care of immigrant minors, trying to compel the federal government to keep them in prisons instead.

The federal government could transport them to new facilities outside Texas. But Texas is big, so they would need to spend a long time in a bus, exposed to catching Covid-19 from each other.