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Comment by huseyinkeles

13 hours ago

what's next? suing Chrome because it logs in to amazon on my behalf after i give it my amazon credentials?

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Legend2440  13 hours ago

Well, publishers did once try using this law to sue adblockers.

But they lost, using an adblocker isn't a violation of the CFAA. They also tried a legal theory under the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision and lost again.

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