What Thomas Ptacek thinks about government

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15 Sept 2026, 17:55 UTC

Our readingIncreased reliance on CFAA prosecutions to pursue public policy goals could backfire like a cursed monkey's paw, as practitioners would recognize.

Their wordsIncreased reliance on CFAA prosecutions for public policy goals couldn't possibly be a cursed monkey's paw situation, said no practitioner in this space ever.

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