Hacker News
- Court: Breaking Your Employer's Computer Policy Isn't a Crime https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/federal-court-appeals-rejects-notion-violating-your-employers-computer-use 119 comments
- Help Reform Computer Crime Laws https://hackerone.com/news/legally-blind-and-deaf 16 comments
- A New Version Of The Mueller Report Reveals That Mueller Declined To Charge Donald Trump Jr. And Roger Stone With Computer Crimes https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/robert-mueller-declined-charge-trump-jr-roger-stone 2 comments moderatepolitics
- Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime and Identity Theft Offenses https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/russian-national-who-operated-kelihos-botnet-pleads-guilty-fraud-conspiracy-computer 15 comments politics
- The government and the police are discussing the idea of developing a computer system that can predict street crime by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence. They hope such a system will be able to show them where and how to take greater measures to prevent crime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/24/national/crime-legal/japan-mulling-crime-prediction-using-big-data-ai/#.wzdfoaczbiu 14 comments worldnews
- Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has vetoed SB 315, the awful computer crime bill that would have threatened independent security research https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2018-05-08/deal-issues-2018-veto-statements 4 comments technology
- D.C. Court: Accessing Public Information is Not a Computer Crime https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/dc-court-accessing-public-information-not-computer-crime 21 comments politics
- Questionable Computer Crime Bill in Georgia https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/how-grassroots-activists-georgia-are-leading-opposition-against-dangerous-computer 20 comments netsec
- Trump Jr. May Have Violated Computer Fraud Law, Cyber Crime Expert Says https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/trump-jr-may-have-violated-computer-fraud-law-cyber-crime-expert-says/ 18 comments politics
- A member of Russian Parliament is outraged after his son was handed down a sentence of 27 years in prison for computer hacking crimes in the US. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39672498 415 comments worldnews
- UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers [x-post /r/europrivacy] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160331/10404734067/uk-law-enforcement-trying-to-force-man-theyve-never-charged-with-crime-to-decrypt-his-computers-it.shtml 48 comments privacy
- UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers For It | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160331/10404734067/uk-law-enforcement-trying-to-force-man-theyve-never-charged-with-crime-to-decrypt-his-computers-it.shtml 16 comments worldnews
- Hackers using tactics and tools previously associated with Chinese government-supported computer network intrusions have joined the booming cyber crime industry of ransomware, four security firms that investigated attacks on U.S. companies said http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ransomware-iduskcn0wg2l5 4 comments worldnews
- Court says violating your work's computer policy isn't a crime http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/06/breaking-work-computer-policy-not-a-crime/ 28 comments technology
- The dream of a free and open Internet is slowly being killed by overregulation, censorship and bad laws that don't stop the right people, a top computer crime defense lawyer says. http://abcnews.go.com/technology/wirestory/dream-free-open-internet-dying-lawyer-32906959 33 comments technology
- If you are upset by the fact that a child was charged with a crime for unauthorized use of a computer, be aware that such computer trespass statutes are the law in numerous states. Be willing to write to your local legislator if you want that changed. http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/computer-hacking-and-unauthorized-access-laws.aspx 84 comments technology
- The NYPD pioneered the use of computer statistics to identify crime trends. But they don't have a system to identify problem-prone officers. http://www.wnyc.org/story/can-the-nypd-spot-the-abusive-cop/ 8 comments politics
- Police are using Hong Kong’s computer crime law to crack down on pro-democracy organizers http://qz.com/285998/police-are-using-hong-kongs-computer-crime-law-to-crack-down-on-pro-democracy-organizers/ 7 comments worldnews
- Senator Leahy Tries To Sneak Through Plans To Make Merely Talking About Computer Hacking A Serious Crime http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140109/11152925821/senator-leahy-tries-to-sneak-through-plans-to-make-merely-talking-about-computer-hacking-serious-crime.shtml 307 comments technology
- FBI employees, entrusted with stopping computer crimes, commit them too http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/fbi-employees-entrusted-with-stopping-computer-crimes-commit-them-too/ 3 comments politics
- Citing hunt for pedophiles, Dutch government to make refusing to help decrypt computer a crime -- The Dutch government says it is planning to make it a crime for a suspect in a child sex abuse or terrorism case to refuse to help decrypt a computer when ordered to do so by prosecutors. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/citing+hunt+pedophiles+dutch+government+make+refusing+help/7619919/story.html 13 comments europe
- To defend against hackers, filtered computers are standard in the government, but they are problematic for officials who are trying to discover dishonest activity on the Web; it's a bit like telling a cop he can't patrol in high-crime neighborhoods. http://www.nationofchange.org/how-lone-grad-student-scooped-government-and-what-it-means-your-online-privacy-1341063734 10 comments technology
- New surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find 'pre crimes' by detecting suspicious behaviour and calling for guards http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2154861/U-S-surveillance-cameras-use-eyes-pre-crimes-detecting-suspicious-behaviour-alerting-guards.html 12 comments privacy
- Can Machines Predict Where Crimes Are about to Happen? "In cities across the U.S., data-rich computer technology is telling cops where crimes are about to happen. Crime is down, and the technology is spreading. But does it really work?" http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-department-of-pre-crime 8 comments technology
- Gordon Brown's Downing Street emails 'hacked' - Computer crime by press may be as widespread as phone scandal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/gordon-browns-downing-street-emails-hacked-6283985.html 33 comments worldnews
- 9th Circuit to Consider Whether Employees' Computer Misuse Is a Federal Crime http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202535142424&slreturn=1 17 comments law
- Backlog at Maine Computer Crimes Unit keeps child pornographers on the streets — Victims are left in harm’s way and perpetrators remain out on the streets because there aren’t enough detectives to investigate the backlog of cases, state Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, ME http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/25/news/state/backlog-at-maine-computer-crimes-unit-keeps-child-pornographers-on-the-streets/?ref=latest 3 comments politics
- Federal Court Rules That Violating Your Employer's Computer Usage Rules Is a Federal Crime http://volokh.com/2011/04/28/ninth-circuit-holds-that-violating-any-employer-restriction-on-computer-use-exceeds-authorized-access-making-it-a-federal-crime/ 3 comments politics
- Sony's latest attack on customer freedom. "Sony's stance is tantamount to saying, 'You’re guilty of felony computer hacking crimes if you access your own computer'" http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2011/01/19/sony_sues_researchers 181 comments technology
- Pre-Crime Technology To Be Used In Washington D.C.: Computers predict what crime will be committed where, by who and when. http://www.infowars.com/pre-crime-technology-to-be-used-in-washington-d-c-2/ 7 comments technology
- LAPD planning to experiment with "predictive policing", using computer modeling to determine where future crimes are most likely to occur. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-predictcrime-20100427-1,0,7558446.story?page=1 11 comments reddit.com
- Crime expert backs calls for 'licence to compute' http://www.itnews.com.au/news/154129,crime-expert-backs-calls-for-licence-to-compute.aspx 7 comments politics
- [The Pirate Bay Trial] "Roswall, who earlier claimed to be an expert on computer crimes, tried to get his PowerPoint presentation on the screen." - Delicious irony http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-trial-first-day-in-court/ 14 comments technology
- Investigators now crack crime computers on the spot http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10120939-42.html 12 comments netsec
- New Yorkers could soon be able to help fight crime by sending video or photo evidence directly to the city police department's computers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7536828.stm 2 comments reddit.com
- ‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds. The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes. https://www.wired.com/story/911-s5-botnet-arrest/ 88 comments technews
- GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn't be a Crime - Virginia state Sen. Dick Black fought to block a statue of Lincoln & invited a video crew to film him watching violent rape porn on a library computer. Now he's looking for a promotion. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/gop-congressional-candidate-richard-dick-black-spousal-rape-not-a-crime 120 comments politics
- EFF: Appeals Court to revisit case that makes TOS violations a crime, after three judge panel in United States v. Nosal ruled that employees commit a crime anytime they use a work computer for purposes that violate a company's computer use policy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/appeals-court-heeds-effs-advice-revisit-case-makes-terms-service-violations-crime 5 comments technology
- According to Rush Limbaugh, liberals should not be allowed to buy guns, use computers and should have their speech controlled because we're the cause of most of the crime in this country. http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201101180038 29 comments politics
- Cops Suspended for Running Background Check on Obama ::: The Secret Service was notified after the president's name was sent to the National Crime Information Center from a computer in the cops' police car. http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/cops-suspended-for-obama-103821.html?cxtype=rss_news_81963 181 comments politics