US Department of Justice will no longer prosecute 'good faith' hackers
US Department of Justice will no longer prosecute 'good faith' hackers https://share.newsbreak.com/14ck46d7 "This means security researchers (aka hackers) who breach networks or find exploits in software and hardware will not be considered for federal prosecution so long as they were acting in good faith to promote the security and safety of the "target devices and services." "Here's what the DOJ is defining as good faith security:
official announcement: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-new-policy-charg... which i skimmed it leaves a lot unspoken in between "extortion via access to others accounts" (prosecutable) and "lying on online forms with throwaway accounts" (not prosecutable). the verbiage in support of good faith security research is really great. it says the last update was in 2014. it reads a little like somebody involved was really on the fence about something, as if they'd really strongly appreciate it if security researchers would not break stuff. the formal pdf is at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1507126/download . i did not read it.
the formal pdf is at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1507126/download . i did not read it.
here is the pdf if needed, 223872 bytes. if this looks helpful, it might be good if somebody else commented, since i imagine anybody this is useful to would have filtered me out by now.
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