Police and Justice Bill 2006

[Geoff]

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/119/06119.27-33.html

 

Has anyone looked at this yet? There are some ammendments to the Computer Misuse Act in it.

 

There is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer.

 

The maximum penalty for such crimes has also been increased from 5 years to 10 years.

[CyberNerd]

hopefully it means we can refer kids who unplug cables direct to the police for "impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer" it might save the teachers some work if they are all in prison.

 

I'm not sure where common 'hacker' tools like perl/python etc will fit into this

or did the clause get dropped?

[Mario]

"an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer."

 

Does that mean you guys can lock up everyone at both Microsoft and Adobe?

[eejit]

Oh no, we can't use the "Software restriction policy" any more. 8)