As for my conditions of supervised release, for three years I wouldn’t be permitted to touch any electronic devices, such as a computer, cell phone, fax machine, pager, word processor, and so on, without the prior written permission of my Probation Officer. Even worse, I was forbidden to access a computer through a third party . The government didn’t even want me to make an airline reservation without asking permission first. So how, I wondered, was I supposed to find work? I also wouldn’t be able to act as a consultant in any computer-related activity. The many, many conditions placed on my release seemed unreasonably harsh, and a number of them were so broad that I worried I might violate them inadvertently.