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Senators Get Mixed Advice on Electronic Data
""The original disclosure rules set out in 1986 were foresighted, given the technology that existed at the time," said Richard Salgado, director…
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Jobs for Robots
Simon Jack reports from Seattle on robots at work. From the Boeing factory where robots make planes to a clothes shop where a robot helps him buy a new pair of…
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Ahmed Mohamed Shows Why Makers and Hackers Care So Much About “Freedom to Tinker”
"At the Blackhat hacker conference in Las Vegas last month, keynote speaker Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for In…
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Federal Agency Lawyers Caution Senate About Electronic Privacy Changes
"Richard Salgado, Google Inc.’s law enforcement and information security director, and Chris Calabrese, vice president of the Center for Democracy & Te…
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Google and Obama Administration Face Off Over Privacy at Tense Hearing
"Google’s head of law enforcement and information security, Richard Salgado, vehemently disagreed with the SEC, saying doing away with the warrant requirem…
Understanding Cybersecurity Due Diligence
Rarely does a day go by in which some variety of cyber attack is not front-page news. From Ashley Madison and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to Sony, S…
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Who Is Google’s Self-Driving Car CEO, and Where Is He Heading?
"That’s roughly how its in-car dashboard system, Android Auto, operates now. However, running an OS for a full vehicle, with its wealth of safety features…
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Mom behind ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ YouTube video wins landmark copyright ruling
"“Something's likely to be fair use when there's no way it’s going to be a market substitute for the original. Nobody is going to watch this video…
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Why Internet freedom may need saving
"From open internet, Jennifer shifts gears to laws around internet security. She says, "There is software in everything, and if we're not allowed…
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DNI and Cyber Command Shed Light on Cyber Threats and Cyber Efforts
Last week, two very interesting documents related to US national cyber security concerns and efforts were released. The first is the testimony of Director of N…
Takedown Senders Must Consider Fair Use, Ninth Circuit Rules
A federal appeals court sided with EFF yesterday on several of the major questions at issue in the long-running Lenz v. Universal copyright case. Lenz—sometimes…
Appeals Court Rules Youtube Video Of Baby Dancing To Prince Was Fair Use
Read or listen to the full interview at NPR. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the impact of this rulin…