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The First ‘Robotic' Car Crash Happened in 1947
"This case is a curio of weird American history, and it’s a frustrating look at gender roles at the time. But it’s not entirely frivolous to look back at t…
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The FBI Is at War With Apple Because It Couldn’t Change Wiretap Law
"At the same time, “CALEA did not prohibit a carrier from deploying an encryption service for which it did not retain the ability to decrypt communications…
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FBI v. Apple -- Can doesn't mean should obey.
The FBI investigates a grizzly murder. You are a bank president. The murderer stored his phone book in your bank's safety deposit box, the code for which is…
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February 2016 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
February 2016 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2016-february/ Retrospect is a flagship publication…
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Apple Goes to Washington Fresh From Big Boost in iPhone Fight
"The ruling should help in the California case because Orenstein fully supported Apple’s arguments, a company executive said on a call with reporters. The…
Here Be Dragons
A Review of Adam Segal's The Hacked World Order (PublicAffairs, 2016). There have been many books written on cybersecurity over the last several years—this…
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First Take: Apple-FBI fight may be custom made for Supreme Court
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo called the New York ruling "the first shoe to drop" among many to come. "Depending on how…
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Judge rules in favor of Apple in key case involving a locked iPhone
"Because of the nature of the request, the outcome of the California case is more significant than the Brooklyn case, analysts say. “It has the potential t…
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Google's self-driving car caused an accident, so what now?
""This is just one accident, and we will likely see more," said Bryant Walker Smith an assistant professor of law at the University of South Caro…
Trump will win or lose. Either way, the Koch network will still shape the Republican Party.
Last week, Marc Short, who had played a key role in the politically active billionaire Koch brothers’ organization Freedom Partners, moved to a senior role in R…
Computer security is necessary for journalist safety
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published, in Spanish, in El País. This week, journalists, technologists, and other human rights advocates will…
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Legal Analysis Finds Judges Have No Idea What Robots Are
"We can’t be sure what Brieant was thinking when he ordered poor Walter killed (Brieant died in 2008), but a new legal analysis by Ryan Calo, an assistant…