CFAA

The DEF CON Stunt That Exposed a Bigger Threat Than Any Fake Wi-Fi Hotspot

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A DEF CON attendee’s fake Wi-Fi hotspot attack on a Delta flight is a criminal act against a captive audience. But the real danger isn’t the skiddy hacker — it’s how law enforcement will use this incident to justify expanding the CFAA, threatening ethical security research. We need a law that punishes intent, not curiosity.

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The Browser Almost Became a Crime. This Ruling Just Saved the Internet.

📅 August 5, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A federal appeals court just ruled that building a web browser is not a crime under the CFAA—a decision that protects adversarial interoperability, AI browsing, and every developer who writes code that visits websites. The ruling draws a crucial line between hacking and using public interfaces, saving the open web from legal overreach.

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