[...] with hackers you've got sort of the hacker hysteria aspect of it too, where if you can do stuff with a computer you might as well be the Wicked Witch to most federal judges [...]
(2018-10-04)
For this fantastic October afternoon, we have been joined by Fred Jennings a.k.a. Esquiring for an overview of how law interacts with information security:
- road to... law! origin stories, human rights work;
- war stories: hacktivism vs. street crime;
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: law predating technology;
- CFAA and bug bounties: what to watch for;
...plus some opinions that definitely are not legal advice - but are important nonetheless.
The highlights:
[00:26:51] you get a law that doesn't match the actual technical issues, and as a result criminalizes things that shouldn't be criminal and fails to criminalize things that probably should [00:27:05], [00:46:00] there is a lot of hysteria and fear of the scary hacker out there in law enforcement circles [00:46:10]
Listen here: downloadHosted by Stu, episode production Meadow.
