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- Is this really where our law enforcement should be spending its resources? I would say rescuing kittens from trees is a higher priority than this nonsense.
Also worth noting wherever we get a chance — the Computer Fruad And Abuse Act itself is nonsensical and must be abolished. There is no salvaging it. It must be repealed with no replacement.
I don't think the FBI has enough agents to play tech support to anyone who doesn't understand how wifi works.
by mcny - oh, someone bought a pineapple and wanted to try it?by jagermo
- >a fake hotspot (“Delta WiFi Fast”), with a phishing landing page “designed to harvest passengers’ personal credentials.”
It wasn't a fake hotspot. It was a real hotspot with a SSID that potentially infringed Delta's trademark. CFAA doesn't prevent harvesting people's credentials since it's the user's own machine that people are connecting to.
by charcircuit - I hope people realise this is the potential outcome for their skiddy behaviour.
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/man-charged...
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