> But for some reason every politician's reaction to cyber events is to make the CFAA more draconian.
I forget who said this, but it's because to a lot of this generation of politicians, a lot of "hacking" and "cybercrime" is a modern-day witchcraft. Aside from a few allies in Congress, technological aptitude (and those that actually understand cybersecurity) will likely lag until a lot of these older career politicians are replaced by "digital natives".
It's not just politicians, either. Some execs at non-tech companies respond to penetration tests in the same way. "How did you do that?" "Why is this possible?" It's just completely outside of their realm of knowledge, and they trust their systems to be as failsafe as most mechanical ones.
I forget who said this, but it's because to a lot of this generation of politicians, a lot of "hacking" and "cybercrime" is a modern-day witchcraft. Aside from a few allies in Congress, technological aptitude (and those that actually understand cybersecurity) will likely lag until a lot of these older career politicians are replaced by "digital natives".
It's not just politicians, either. Some execs at non-tech companies respond to penetration tests in the same way. "How did you do that?" "Why is this possible?" It's just completely outside of their realm of knowledge, and they trust their systems to be as failsafe as most mechanical ones.