Presented at
ToorCon San Diego 13 (2011),
Oct. 8, 2011, 5 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Covering your tracks out of fear of getting caught with your hands in the digital cookie jar can sometimes get you in more trouble than whatever crime the feds think you may have committed in the first place. This presentation identifies three specific scenarios where the act of trying to cover your digital footprints - oftentimes in innocuous and legal ways - can get you into trouble: the nebulous crime of "anticipatory obstruction of justice," which can cover something as mundane as deleting an email before you're even suspected of committing (let alone charged with) a crime; the ever-expanding Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which has been stretched to cover things that are neither fraudulent or abusive; and the potential problems with encryption. We'll conclude with some ways you can protect yourself that can help minimize claims that you obstructed justice.
Presenters:
-
Hanni M. Fakhoury
Hanni Fakhoury is a Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on the intersection of technology and criminal law within the Coders Rights Project. Prior to joining EFF, Hanni worked as a federal public defender in San Diego, where he tried fourteen felony jury and bench trials and argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals four times, winning three reversals. He also served as a copy editor for the 2010 edition of Defending a Federal Criminal Case. Hanni received two bachelor degrees from UC Berkeley, and graduated from Pacific McGeorge School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of Barristers for his excellence in written and oral advocacy and worked at the federal public defender's office in Sacramento. Hanni is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Similar Presentations: