Using fake names on Facebook, the Surveillance State, androids
By Jon Rappoport
July 23, 2013
File this one in the ever-burgeoning category of: how insane can legislators get?
Congress is now debating an update to the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Turns out it’s already a misdemeanor to “exceed authorized use” of a computer, but the DOJ wants to make it a felony.
Of course, what does “exceeds authorized use” mean? Well, it means, for instance, an employee sending emails to pals while he’s at the office—because his employer has a rule against that.
In other words, the feds want to back up employers’ rules and turn them into felonies. Splendid.
“Yeah, you remember Jack, don’t you? Used to work here? One day he made an online reservation at the Wynn in Vegas, and now he’s in jail. Life is tough, keep your eyes straight ahead and…
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I’m not surprised anytime the government wants to add a new rule or increase the threat of penalty. It all serves the same purpose – to make we the people shiver as we wait for government to label us as criminals and surrender more of our unalienable rights in exchange for accepting the rule of the collective. See: criminalizing entire communities by fiat