Bloomberg Law Brief: Apple Invokes First Amendment
Bloomberg Law Brief with June Grasso. Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University, and Nate Cardozo, a lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Founda…
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It is not often that a legal battle over smartphone firmware captures the national imagination, but such is the case as the FBI tries to access the data contain…
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How Mobileye is shaping the future of autonomous cars, as it signs up its third major automaker
""Mapping will be essential to automated driving," said Bryant Walker Smith, professor at the University of South Carolina and autonomous driving…
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Should Apple Help Customers Hide Personal Info From Government?
""Can you force Apple to design their product in a particular way and that also could have a speech component?" wondered Ryan Calo, an assistant…
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Protecting the Open Internet
Q: What does net neutrality mean? A: Net neutrality is a principle that has allowed the Internet to serve as a platform for free speech, innovation and economi…
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Analyzing Apple’s Argument That First Amendment Applies to Its Code
"“Apple goes pretty far by saying its software has a viewpoint,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law. “Tha…
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Google, Facebook Among Those Preparing To Sign Court Filing In Support Of Apple
"“I think it’s fair to say there’s an extraordinary amount of support for Apple right now,” said Andrew Bridges, a partner at the law firm Fenwick & We…
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Apple: Law enforcement seeks ‘dangerous power’ in iPhone case
"“The argument spells out pretty much as expected,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University. She brought up Apple’s claim that i…
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Reflections on the FBI's Attempt to Dragoon Apple Into Subverting iPhone Security
On Monday, I wrote a post for Just Security where I reflected on last week's news concerning the FBI's attempts to coerce Apple into creating a forensic…
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Technologists' Brief in Wikimedia v. NSA
Today, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and attorney Matthew J. Craig of Shapiro Arato LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of Internet networking ex…
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Driverless Cars Brave Mean City Streets
"All of these companies' efforts fall into one of two kinds of technologies, said Bryant Walker Smith, an engineer and lawyer at the University of Sout…
Apple v the FBI: why the 1789 All Writs Act is the wrong tool
Apple’s celebrated fight with the FBI over the security of its encrypted iPhones has shone the spotlight on an old and obscure federal law from 1789 known as th…