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The Shame Game
"That doesn’t mean shaming will always have the intended effect. There’s always a chance the public won’t latch onto a given case. And even if officials wa…
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Berkeley Talk on Apple vs. the FBI
On March 7, 2016, I had the pleasure of giving a talk to the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association at Berkeley Law. I discussed the so-called "Apple…
Up from below: tackling cyber threats
More nations in the Asia-Pacific are adopting a bottom-up approach to cybersecurity regulation. That’s a good thing, Scott Shackelford writes. Cybersecurity is…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 64: Apple, The FBI & You
I don't think I need to reiterate how important the battle over the future of encryption is. It's not new, but rather the latest clash in a fight that h…
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Binge On, FreeBee Data push the envelope on net neutrality, but the FCC just 'monitors'
"Binge On has been a hit with customers, helping T-Mobile to continue to continue to grow its audience in an increasingly competitive space. But the servic…
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The land that kills its tinkers
"While some proponents of both have laudable goals–protecting the intellectual property of innovators and building intelligence that can save lives–the dan…
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As Apple vs. FBI deepens, tech companies face these nuclear options
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a scholar at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society and a professor at Boston's Northeastern University School of…
War Crimes and the Use of Improvised and Indiscriminate Weapons in Syria
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a continuing series about alleged war crimes in Syria. You can find the previous installments here and here. While several…
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At Supreme Court, Debate Over Phone Privacy Has A Long History
""The justices had phones [by 1967], and they knew that they talked about their most private stuff on those phones," says Jennifer Stisa Granick,…
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Trademarks as Keywords: Spanish Supreme Court finds no infringement
The Spanish Supreme Court (TS) has recently ruled on the legality of using someone else’s trademark as a keyword to trigger sponsored ads in Google Adwords. The…
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Feds: New judge must force iPhone unlock, overturning ruling that favored Apple
""Judge Orenstein ruled the FBI’s request would 'thoroughly undermine fundamental principles of the Constitution’ and we agree," an Apple spo…
Called Out The Global Consequences of Apple's Fight With the FBI
By now, the details of Apple’s fight with the FBI are well known: the FBI wants access to an iPhone belonging to the deceased terrorism suspect Syed Farook, who…