The result is an unhealthy situation in which users and administrators are apparently either forced to routinely break the law in order to get their jobs done, and live under the constant threat of being prosecuted for trivial actions, or instead have their production grind to a halt while they ask for authorization for each step they have not been given previous explicit permission to execute. No other profession is forced to submit to such a state of capricious and subjective restrictions. We request that you examine this statute and find, as we do, that it is a disastrous measure. We ask that you urge the legislature to repair it immediately, more clearly defining the requisite intent and authorization and limiting the crime itself by eliminating the anachronisms. The names and affiliations of those signing the petition will be publicized on the World Wide Web and elsewhere.
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