A court ruled that it could be a federal crime to share your Netflix password
https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/11/a-court-ruled-that-it-could-be-a-federal-crime-to-share-your-netflix-password/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 Judge McKeown, who write the majority opinion acknowledged that this ruling could turn innocent conduct like "password sharing among friends and family" into a federal crime. However, she also said that the circumstances in the case "bears little resemblance" to more innocent forms of password sharing - like sharing a Netflix password, or giving your friend your Gmail password so they could download a document. Judge McKeown added that "the reality is that facts and context matter in applying the term 'without authorization'". Essentially, the court did agree that password sharing (in this specific case) violated federal law, but empowered future courts to consider the "facts and context" when determining if password sharing violates the CFAA. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
