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New Research Paper on Federal AI-CSAM Prosecutions
Together with Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that someho…
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California Is Being Asked to Give Up 14 Years of Broadband Protections. It Doesn't Have To.
Accepting $1.42 billion in federal broadband funding would require California to give up enforcing its net neutrality, affordability, and public-safety laws aga…
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Comment to the California State Bar on AI-related proposed ethics rule changes
I submitted a comment to the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) on its proposed amendments to the…
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Changes to Export Control Arrangement Apply to Computer Exploits and More
Last month, changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (“Wassenaar Arrangement”) placed “…
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New Report Questions Value of Section 702 Warrantless Surveillance
Cross posted from Just Security. Today over at the New America Foundation, researchers have published a paper examining the role of dragnet programs in the Uni…
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New German Government Intends to Expand Hosting Provider Liability
Almost three months after the federal elections in Germany, the leaders of coalition parties have finally concluded a non-binding coalition agreement that inclu…
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2013: The Year of Privacy
If there ever was a “year of privacy,” surely it was 2013. A year that ends with dictionary.com selecting “privacy” as “word of the year;” with privacy making f…
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Prediction for 2014: The Fourth Amendment Evolves to Regulate Mass Surveillance
When should courts follow legal precedent and when should the law change? This is a debate that underlies this month’s contrary decisions about the constitutio…
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Spy on Your Metadata
Co-authored with Patrick Mutchler. This is a project of the Stanford Security Lab. Just over a month ago we launched MetaPhone, an Android app for crowdsourcin…
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Hearsay Culture to Celebrate Show #200
As I've recently mentioned on a few shows, despite my reservations about not making the show "about me," Show #200 will be guest host Denise Howel…
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Tool Without a Handle: “Getting A Grip”
“Tool Without A Handle: Getting a Grip” In my last post, I explored how law influences use of information technology through both rules and a concomitant degr…
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Foreigners and the Review Group Report: Part 2
Yesterday, I wrote that the report from the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies--"Liberty And Security In A Changing W…
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President's Review Board Says Protect Thy Neighbor’s Privacy
Today’s report from the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies–”Liberty And Security In A Changing World”—is impressive in a n…
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Human error as a cause of vehicle crashes
Some ninety percent of motor vehicle crashes are caused at least in part by human error. This intuitive claim is a fine place to start discussions about the saf…
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Intelligence Revew Group Report Released
The much-anticipated Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies report (PDF) "Liberty and Security in a Changing World" was released…