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\nThe US Department of Justice says it won\u2019t subject \u201cgood-faith security research\u201d to charges under anti-hacking laws, acknowledging long-standing concerns around the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Prosecutors must also avoid charging people for simply violating a website\u2019s terms of service \u2014 including minor rule-breaking like embellishing a dating profile \u2014 or using a work-related computer for personal tasks.<\/p>\n

The new DOJ policy<\/a> attempts to allay fears about the CFAA\u2019s broad and ambiguous scope<\/a> following a 2021 Supreme Court ruling<\/a> that encouraged reading the law more narrowly. The ruling warned that government prosecutors\u2019 earlier interpretation risked criminalizing a \u201cbreathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity,\u201d laying out several hypothetical examples that the DOJ now promises it won\u2019t prosecute. That change is paired with a safe harbor for researchers carrying out \u201cgood-faith testing, investigation, and\/or correction of a security flaw or vulnerability.\u201d The new rules take effect immediately, replacing old guidelines issued in 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe Supreme Court accused prosecutors of criminalizing a \u201cbreathtaking amount\u201d of computer use<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\u201cThe policy clarifies that hypothetical CFAA violations that have concerned some courts and commentators are not to be charged,\u201d says a DOJ press release<\/a>. \u201cEmbellishing an online dating profile contrary to the terms of service of the dating website; creating fictional accounts on hiring, housing, or rental websites; using a pseudonym on a social networking site that prohibits them; checking sports scores at work; paying bills at work; or violating an access restriction contained in a term of service are not themselves sufficient to warrant federal criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n
These guidelines reflect a newly limited interpretation of \u201cexceeding authorized access\u201d to a computer, a practice criminalized by the CFAA in 1986. As writer and law professor Orin Kerr explained in 2021<\/a>, there\u2019s been a decades-long conflict over whether people \u201cexceed\u201d their access by violating any rule laid down by a network or computer owner \u2014 or if they have to access explicitly off-limits systems and information. The former interpretation has led to cases like US v. Drew<\/em><\/a>, where prosecutors charged a woman for creating a fake profile on Myspace. The Supreme Court leaned toward the latter version, and now, the DOJ theoretically does, too.<\/p>\n
The policy doesn\u2019t settle all criticisms of the CFAA, like its potential for disproportionately long<\/a> prison sentences. It doesn\u2019t make the underlying law any less vague since it only affects how prosecutors interpret it. The DOJ also warns that the security research exception isn\u2019t a \u201cfree pass\u201d for probing networks. Someone who found a bug and extorted the system\u2019s owner using that knowledge, for instance, could be charged for performing that research in bad faith. Even with these limits, though, the rulemaking is a pledge to avoid slapping punitive anti-hacking charges on anyone who uses a computer system in a way its owner doesn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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