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Comment by egberts1

1 year ago

Ooooooooh, SSLbump.

There has to be a court precedent that criminalized sniffing network traffic on the customer’s side.

Should be one of those many cases involving wiretapping for banking info.

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paradox460  1 year ago

Doesn't the computer fraud and abuse act cover this?

  • egberts1  1 year ago

    Not ... really ...

    It is about intent versus capability set that CFAA does poorly with differentiation in court.

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