Telling the truth about defects in technology should never, ever, ever be illegal
Get the Full StoryCongress has never made a law saying, Corporations should get to decide who gets to publish truthful information about defects in their products, and the First Amendment wouldn t allow such a law but that hasn t stopped corporations from conjuring one out of thin air, and then defending it as though it was a natural right they d had all along. Some background: in 1986, Ronald Reagan, spooked by the Matthew Broderick movie Wargames true story! worked with Congress to pass a sweeping cybercrime bill called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFAA that was exceedingly sloppily drafted. CFAA makes it a felony to exceed … This story continues at The Next WebShare: