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unproven innocence1/22/2015 4:33:32 pm PST

re: #204 No Country For Old Haters

That’s quite an imagination.

He’s not alone.
How Obama’s Hacking Laws Could Make You a Criminal
By Paul Wagenseil January 20, 2015
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Computer-security researchers fear President Barack Obama’s proposed changes to federal hacking laws could put them out of business, could make computers less secure overall, and could put some of them — and maybe even you — in prison.

“Under the new proposal, sharing your HBO GO password with a friend would be a felony,” Nate Cardozo, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, told an audience of researchers and IT pros Saturday (Jan. 17) at ShmooCon 2015, a security conference held annually in Washington, D.C.