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Permalink Reply by bryan l on September 17, 2011 at 3:02am

not that i trust ning.

Permalink Reply by truth on September 19, 2011 at 1:50pm

Logging onto Facebook could become a felony

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Published: 16 September, 2011, 21:55

Logging onto Facebook could become a felony

TAGS: Crime, Scandal, SciTech, Politics, Law, Internet, Information Technology, USA, Culture, Social networks

Reading this article could land you in prison.

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been on the books since the 1980s to allow the feds to go after the culprits of malicious hacks and cybercrimes. An addendum to the act that Congress is expected to take a look at today, however, can cause almost any misuse of a computer to be interpreted as a felony.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on an updated version of the act on Friday that will make it a felony crime to use a computer in a way that “exceeds authorized access.” But what exactly constitutes authorized access?

Exactly.

The wording of the addition creates a slippery slope that could cause nearly anyone to be punished for violating the rules of, well, anyone. "The problem” with the proposed legislation, says Orin Kerr of The Wall Street Journal, “is that a lot of routine computer use can exceed 'authorized access.'"

Violating those mundane Terms of Use agreements on websites could be interpreted as a violation of the law, as could going against a workplace Internet protocol policy. That means that fibbing on your Facebook profile, logging on to check sports scores at work or even browsing RT.com when you’re on the clock could, depending on who says what’s cool and what’s not, land you in prison.

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Permalink Reply by WTRH-AM-AE on October 30, 2011 at 10:26pm

I am about to abort Facebook cause everything on there is getting out of control. I tried to play the sweepstakes and lost 117 times so far, never won anything.  I feel that these sweepstakes are nothing but catches, scams, and obligations to make you buy something.     No I don't think it should be a felony cause what if you lost your password and your user name you should have every right to create another account as much as you need to.    I wish that people would not hack our Facebook accounts and compromise them.   Also the spyware and adware NEED's to go! There is plenty of it on each app, page, and other parts of Facebook.

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