Editing Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (section)

==Protected computers==
The only computers, in theory, covered by the CFAA are defined as "[[protected computer]]s". They are defined under section {{USCSub|18|1030|e|2}} to mean a computer:
* exclusively for the use of a [[financial institution]] or the United States Government, or any computer, when the conduct constituting the offense affects the computer's use by or for the financial institution or the government; or
* which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication, including a computer located outside the United States that is used in a manner that affects interstate or foreign commerce or communication of the United States ...

In practice, any ordinary computer has come under the jurisdiction of the law, including cellphones, due to the interstate nature of most Internet communication.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Varma|first1=Corey|title=What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act|url=http://www.coreyvarma.com/2015/01/what-is-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act-cfaa/#protected_computer |website=CoreyCarma.com |access-date=10 June 2015|date=2015-01-03}}</ref>