Do things like this scare anyone else?

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RespectTradition

RespectTradition

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I would think this could be particularly relevant to those Volnation users that check in from work:

Imagine that President Obama could order the arrest of anyone who broke a promise on the Internet. So you could be jailed for lying about your age or weight on an Internet dating site. Or you could be sent to federal prison if your boss told you to work but you used the company's computer to check sports scores online. Imagine that Eric Holder's Justice Department urged Congress to raise penalties for violations, making them felonies allowing three years in jail for each broken promise. Fanciful, right?

Think again. Congress is now poised to grant the Obama administration's wishes in the name of "cybersecurity."
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Orin Kerr: Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony? - WSJ.com
 
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Internet is too free. It was only a matter of time before the elites found an excuse to control it.
 
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CFAA has been around since 1986. It's such a broad statute that you get some pretty dumb cases from Prosecutors who are overzealous. In the few cases I've read it's a fallback because they don't have evidence for other charges. My understanding is that the CFAA is more often used in Civil cases against employees for stealing trade secrets, etc. I wouldn't be too worried about being prosecuted for accessing Volnation from work, unless you're altering/hacking the system to allow access.
 
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