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CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate

By Richard Forno • April 25, 2013 at 1:33 pm

According to a US News report, a spokesperson for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation suggests that the Senate will not take up CISPA 2.0 and instead will work towards breaking it up into separate bills.  The article also quotes Committee chairman Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) confirming what many of us have been saying: that CISPA 2.0's privacy protections "were insufficient." Read more » about CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate

CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy

By Richard Forno • April 18, 2013 at 2:10 pm

As expected, CISPA 2.0 passed the House of Representatives yesterday and the various privacy protections sought through amendments were dropped.  Although much has and will continue to be written about the merits (or lack thereof) of the bill -- especially its infamous "notwithstanding any other provision of law" clause -- I think this also provides opportunity to comment more generally upon the nature of modern American lawmaking pertaining to cybersecurity. Read more » about CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy

Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays

By Patrick Lin • April 15, 2013 at 2:11 pm

Cross-posted from The Atlantic.

In the year 2025, a rogue state--long suspected of developing biological weapons--now seems intent on using them against U.S. allies and interests. Anticipating such an event, we have developed a secret "counter-virus" that could infect and destroy their stockpile of bioweapons. Should we use it? Read more » about Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays

"Brain Spyware"

By Ryan Calo • April 14, 2013 at 8:21 pm

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, now there’s spyware for your brain. Or, there could be. Researchers at Oxford, Geneva, and Berkeley have created a proof of concept for using commercially available brain-computer interfaces to discover private facts about today's gamers. Read more » about "Brain Spyware"

Fair Use Project, International Documentary Association, MPAA, and Film Independent Ask Fourth Circuit to Recognize Creators’ Interest in Repurposing Copyrighted Material for Historical Use

By Tim Greene • April 10, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Frederick Bouchat has been serially litigating against the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens organization for more than a decade. Read more » about Fair Use Project, International Documentary Association, MPAA, and Film Independent Ask Fourth Circuit to Recognize Creators’ Interest in Repurposing Copyrighted Material for Historical Use

Transparency, but what are we seeing?

By Kate Westmoreland • April 1, 2013 at 6:35 pm

Cross-posted from http://katewestmoreland.wordpress.com/

Now that Microsoft has come to the party and is publishing a regular transparency report, there is a meaningful amount of publicly-available data about government requests for online records.  Looking at the data from Google, Twitter, Dropbox and Microsoft side-by-side raises some interesting questions. Read more » about Transparency, but what are we seeing?

Letter to Goodlatte Criticizes CFAA Anti-Reform Language

By Jennifer Granick • April 1, 2013 at 2:29 pm

I am a signatory to a letter to Rep. Robert Goodlatte and other legislators critiquing draft legislation reportedly slated for consideration this month that would amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by increasing penalties and expanding the scope of conduct punishable under the statute. The letter points out that the draft under discussion is a significant expansion of the CFAA at a time when
public opinion is demanding the law be narrowed. This language would, among other things: Read more » about Letter to Goodlatte Criticizes CFAA Anti-Reform Language

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