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LinkedIn can’t use anti-hacking law to block web scraping, judges rule

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In a case involving LinkedIn, a federal appeals court reaffirmed Monday that web scraping likely doesn’t violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit drew a distinction between data that is password-protected and data that is publicly available. That […]

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Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law

Enlarge / In April 2013, more than 120 people attended a rally in Boston to remember Aaron Swartz and call for reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. (credit: Getty Images | Boston Globe) The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that imposes a limit on what counts as a crime under the Computer […]

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