Upcoming International Criminal Law Trifecta
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Apple 'privacy czars' grapple with internal conflicts over user data
"Key principles include keeping customer data on their devices - rather than in the cloud, on Apple servers - and isolating various types of data so they c…
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Apple-FBI fight: Judge OKs feds' request to cancel hearing over iPhone encryption
""It is an astonishing thing really," said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford law school's Center for Internet and Society. "…
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The dispute over whether Apple must help the FBI hack into a dead San Bernardino attacker's iPhone is about to play out in a Southern California courtroom
""This might be more akin to requiring the person who makes the door to remove the hinges so you can knock the door down," said Riana Pfefferkorn…
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Apple showdown with FBI over terrorist’s iPhone reaches crucial stage
“It is up to Congress to legislate this issue,” added Albert Gidari, privacy director at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. “I expect we will see propo…
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If Apple cooperates with FBI, iPhone leaks grow far likelier
"Cases in which prosecutors have signaled interest in the Apple tool, or one like it, continue to pile up. In Manhattan, for instance, the district attorne…
ISIL = Genocide, Per Secretary Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry announced on March 17 that, in his judgment, ISIL is committing genocide against a number of minority groups in Syria and Iraq, in…
Bringing Cyber Security into Emergency Management
In August 2015, I had the good fortune to present at the New York State Emergency Management Certification and Training (EMC&T) Academy in Albany, NY. The…
Show Us the Videotape
As Americans learn more about instances of police abuses, police cameras are having an increasingly profound influence on how the public views encounters betwee…
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Autonomous cars aren't perfect, but how safe must they be?
""We should be concerned about automated vehicles," says Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies the techno…
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A Brief History of Robot Law
"The legal system has been wrestling with what robots can and can’t do for longer than you might think. A new paper by Ryan Calo, a law professor at the Un…
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The Next Great Threat From Hackers: Drones?
"“What happens with any new technology is that we deploy them, and don’t lock them down properly until things go wrong,” says Ryan Calo, an assistant profe…