Disclosing Website Vulnerabilities with the Threat of Criminal Prosecution
July 26, 2010 by Philip Franckel, Esq. · Leave a Comment
Another website vulnerability with the threat of criminal prosecution has been in the news. It appears that Goatse Security disclosed that AT&T’s website made the email addresses of iPad owners public by displaying the email address associated with a user if anyone correctly guessed and entered a valid username. The Wall Street Journal reported that [...]
Computer Problems? You and Your Computer Repair Technician Could Be Arrested!
June 30, 2008 by Philip Franckel, Esq. · Leave a Comment
What happens when legislators write a law about a subject which they know nothing about, such as repairing computers? A Texas law enacted in 2007 turns computer technicians and consumers into criminals under certain conditions when a consumer or anyone seeks to have a computer repaired. The Texas law requires a computer technician to have [...]
