Can you violate the CFAA by deleting data on your own computer?

Deeplinks 2020-10-12

Summary:

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has a provision that makes it unlawful to “knowingly cause the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally cause damage without authorization, to a protected computer.” Can a person violate that provision of the CFAA by deleting data on ... Read more Can you violate the CFAA by deleting data on your own computer?

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http://evan.law/2020/10/12/can-you-violate-the-cfaa-by-deleting-data-on-your-own-computer/

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Tags:

abuse

Authors:

Evan Brown

Date tagged:

10/12/2020, 10:13

Date published:

10/11/2020, 20:38