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Experts believe Clinton emails could be recovered
"Stanford computer researcher Jonathan Mayer pushed back at the notion that Clinton used a “homebrew” email system, and said it clearly had “nontrivial sec…
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Jack Rabid - Hearsay Culture Show #232 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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An Axl Rose sample used in a mash up doesn't smell as sweet.
The bright lines of the real property based view of copyright are being blurred by technology. In 1991, Mr. Biz Markee was found liable for infringing Mr. Gilbe…
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How an advertising company put a ‘marijuana cookie’ on your computer to get weed legalized
“This kind of behavioral and demographic targeting has been going on [in business] since the early 2000s,” said Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer scientist…
Dark Leviathan: The Failure of Silk Road’s Libertarian Utopia
George Washington University Professor, Henry Farrell, explains the role of Tor browser by human rights activists, civil libertarians and criminal organizations…
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A Few Brief Thoughts on Ferguson and Structural Surveillance
While reading the Department of Justice Report of their investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, I was reminded once again of the telos of surveillance…
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Clinton email domain shows effort for security and obscurity, say experts
"Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist at Stanford University, said historical records provided some evidence that the server could have been located in the…
Historic FCC Vote will Protect the Future of America's Economy and Democracy
TAP cross-post of a CIS Blog Post.Today [February 26, 2015], the FCC voted to adopt strong network neutrality rules based on Title II of the Communications Act.…
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Tinder Plus and the Business of Online Dating
"Jonathan Mayer, a graduate fellow at Stanford University, launched a 2011 investigation that discovered how OK Cupid appeared to sell many categories of i…
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Hillary email controversy reminiscent of 1996 episode
“Obviously, if it were to emerge that there had been ‘leakage' of classified information, that would make this much less a transparency and accountability c…
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Experts: Clinton took dangerous path with email system
If Clinton used the private account for more than just unclassified discussions, that would cause national security concerns, said Brian Nussbaum, a cyber threa…
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Can Net Neutrality Survive the Impending Onslaught of Lawsuits?
The FCC's case for Title II reclassification is a "legal slam dunk" according to Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford University law professor and net…