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“A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously threw out an order requiring executive recruiter David Nosal, founding chairman and CEO of San Francisco-based NGS Global, to pay restitution to his former employer Korn Ferry. “Almost all of the original charges against Mr. Nosal were dismissed as baseless in prior proceedings, including an earlier Ninth Circuit decision. “In voting to vacate Mr. Nosal’s convictions in this second appeal, Judge Steven Reinhardt found the majority’s ruling too inconsistent with the court’s earlier decision, as the majority would criminalize password sharing, and turn ‘millions of people who engage in this...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses dangerous rulings involving the CFAA stating “The CFAA’s scope is tied to “protected computers,” which is broadly defined to include anything that goes online, so the law will therefore soon apply to almost every household appliance and every use of the cloud. As a result, what started with the criminalization of password sharing in the context of a work computer will have even farther-reaching consequences.” Ever Use Someone Else’s Password? Go to Jail, says the Ninth...

Here’s a password: Crony crime fighting “Undertaking such third-party financed cases which a U.S. attorney might not have prosecuted otherwise gives the appearance of well-financed business interests obtaining the services of the prosecutorial branch of government to accomplish their own private purposes” — a luxury most small businesses cannot...

“The CFAA, written three decades ago, should never be used in present day as what is now considered normal practice is now criminal” states New York Magazine. Federal Court Rules That Password Sharing Is Illegal Under Insane Ancient...

Using a broad and selectively used CFAA law creates trouble in the way the law should work. Federal court rules that sharing your Netflix password is a federal...