@sarahjeong @SFtheWolf The CFAA was to protect corporate interests, but the application was up to our justice sys.
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@RlyehSleeper But it's also the punishment of a child who can tinker with technology that the authorities don't understand, -
@RlyehSleeper via the obfuscation of the act, thanks to their ignorance, their willful blindness, or the ignorance of others -
@RlyehSleeper Our society both fears and venerates children who can manipulate technology in ways authority figures can't -
@RlyehSleeper It rewards some of these children excessively, and punishes others also excessively. The results are totally illogical. -
@RlyehSleeper When it intersects with race, religion, etc., there is no surprise it will veer in the direction of excessive punishment. -
@RlyehSleeper I think it would be quite odd to say that Ahmed's race+religion removes him entirely from this larger category. -
@RlyehSleeper It distinguishes him, and has amplified the vitriol and harm directed towards him, -
@RlyehSleeper but it doesn't cancel out how he's a hardware hacker handcuffed for his hardware hack. - 2 réponses de plus
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