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"Mushy Middle" Threatens Driverless Roadways
""The problem is this 'mushy middle' of automation, where the human is disengaged enough to be really distracted but still have to perform som…
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Proving an Online Threat Is a Threat Just Got a Lot Tougher
"It’s a decision which, according to Danielle Citron, a professor of law at University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, upends…
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How to stop rivals from raiding your talent (using fair means or foul)
"David Levine, a law professor at Elon University, suggests that company executives work with IT staff to spot irregular computer use, which can flag thing…
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May 2015 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
May 2015 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2015-may/ Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Int…
Regulation and the Risk of Inaction
Abstract This chapter begins with two fundamental questions: How should risk be allocated in the face of significant uncertainty—and who should decide? Its foc…
Open Wireless Advocates to European Court: Don't Make Us Lock Down Our Networks
Cross-posted from EFF. The vision of a world of shared open wireless is a compelling one—it means that wherever you go in an urban or other covered area, the c…
Tuesday: The Low Interest in the Governor's Election, Cuba, and the NSA and Online Shopping Habits
Hour Two: Junior Affiliate Scholar at Stanford Law School‘s Center for Internet & Society Darren Stevenson joins the show to share his insight on Internet p…
Status update: Facebook users now have access to PGP encryption
Today Facebook announced on its blog a new set of features adding support for the PGP email encryption system. The changes allow users to post their public emai…
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Sunset of Section 215 Means All Eyes on USA FREEDOM Act
"“This shows that there’s a really serious lack of consensus as to what the government surveils in our name, and what we really want as Americans,” Granick…
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CPJ welcomes Facebook move to add PGP encryption features
""Security tools like PGP encryption are most effective when they are used widely," said CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Geoffrey King. "F…
The Dread Pirate Roberts was as much lawmaker as lawbreaker
Ross Ulbricht, who called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts and created the Silk Road online drugs market, has just been sentenced to life in prison. In a letter…
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Threatened Online? Supreme Court Says Prosecutors Must Prove Intent
""The court doesn't answer the question, whether if you know there is a substantial likelihood you're scaring the living daylights out of some…