Weev mentioned in Supreme Court case challenging the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

[umkemesik]

As some know, I was convicted of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) 15+ years ago. Possibly the first one in that specific statute. I mentioned that Weev was found guilty of the same statute (but a different sub section). EDIT: his case was thrown out for venue because the servers were not in the district.

Finally, the Supreme Court is looking into the legality of the CFAA:

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A final reply brief was filed mentioning Weev, which I thought was interesting:

The Government first suggests that the CFAA “may not” apply at all to websites that “offer[] access to the public on general terms” because “authorization”—as the statute uses that word—may not be needed to access such websites. U.S. Br. 37. There are several problems with this suggestion. As an initial matter, it is inconsistent with the Government’s own position in past cases, in which it has maintained that the CFAA does apply in that setting. See, e.g., United States v. Auernheimer, 748 F.3d 525, 529-31 (3d Cir. 2014) (alleging violation of the CFAA for procuring information from AT&T’s “general login webpage”). Courts have likewise repeatedly held that the CFAA applies to information on publicly accessible websites. See, e.g., EF Cultural Travel BV v. Zefer Corp., 318 F.3d 58, 63 (1st Cir. 2003); QVC, Inc. v. Resultly, LLC, 159 F. Supp. 3d 576, 595-97 (E.D. Pa. 2016);

Why should you give a shit?

Well, under the Government's insane theory you could be prosecuted for violating a website's Terms of Service.

For example, if I had a ToS that said "no autistic furries can create accounts" that would mean, 90% of the users would be committing a felony by "exceeding authorized access".

The petitioner in this case is asking the Supreme Court for a narrow view that the CFAA only applies to.....actual hackers and not trolls or people abusing their privileges.

 

[Aroukar]

lol. Ah government wiling away the hours on meaningless bullshit.

 

[FBIAgent]

Who?

 

[chuj]

For example, if I had a ToS that said "no autistic furries can create accounts" that would mean, 90% of the users would be committing a felony by "exceeding authorized access".

do it faggot

 

[A Fucking Box]

For example, if I had a ToS that said "no autistic furries can create accounts" that would mean, 90% of the users would be committing a felony by "exceeding authorized access".

I hope this happens and all faggots on here get publicly executed by the great just Arm of the State

 

[Maniac200688thewhitenigr]

Weev singelhandedly is keeping the Daily stormer online, whatever they did to him in prison made him more edgier then ED. I think hes living in the Ukraine now, I used to watch his youtube channel where he would go to restaurants and talk to the chat.