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Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’
"One security researcher, Stanford’s Jonathan Mayer, said, “I don’t know any computer scientist who takes that ‘It’s anonymous’ argument seriously. It’s be…
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Hybrid Net Neutrality Makes No One Happy
""It's either a disaster for the open Internet, or it will be struck down in court," Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick said. She warned…
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Marysville deaths show need to reach troubled teens online
"“In many jurisdictions you could literally walk past a drowning person, do nothing and not be liable,” said Ryan Calo, a UW professor specializing in Inte…
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FCC 'Close' to Hybrid Net Neutrality Rules
"But according to Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick, a leading net neutrality advocate, the Mozilla plan won't hold up in court. Using different…
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FCC Eying Net Neutrality Plan That Will Make No One Happy
"Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick told Wheeler’s aides earlier this month that if the FCC tries a hybrid approach, “the FCC would lose in…
Does the FCC really not get it about the Internet?
The key to an open Internet is nondiscrimination and in particular, a prohibition on discrimination or prioritization based on the identity of the user (sender/…
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Hacking Trademarks for Free Culture
Open source software projects and other collaborative communities are built on the principle that information should be shared and remixed. Some of these projec…
Comments on Mozilla's Proposal
By Barbara van Schewick and Alec Schierenbeck. The FCC is currently considering adopting network neutrality rules based on a hybrid proposal that is based on t…
Lohan, Noriega video game lawsuits are a troubling sign for the arts
Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and actress Lindsay Lohan have at least one thing in common: Both recently filed high-profile lawsuits against video…
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REMINDER: We Robot abstracts due Nov. 3
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FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillance
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford center for internet and society, said that “this is an investigative technique that we haven…
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The Sky’s the Limit
"“We make this video viral because we’re projecting our fear of surveillance or the idea that these robotic systems are unnatural or creepy,” Asaro added.…