Tech folks concerned about NJ law banning sex offenders from internet

It is intriguing, but perhaps not surprising, to see a number of tech-orieted website discussing — and mostly complaining about — a new New Jersey law that bans sex offenders from using the internet (noted here).  Specifically, check out some of the commentary and comments in coverage from Slashdot and from E-Commerce Times and from Ars Technica (though I suppose you’d better just sign off if you are a sex offender in New Jersey).