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EFF: Bitcoin snooping scheme puts bosses' freedoms at risk - See more at: http://www.managers.org.uk/insights/news/2014/october/eff-bitcoin-snooping-scheme-puts-bosses-freedoms-at-risk#sthash.9mhnDk1t.dpuf
"EFF Special Counsel Marcia Hofmann said: “The courts have long recognised that code is speech protected by the First Amendment. At their core, digital cur…
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This Military Robotics Company Vows To Never Make A Killer Robot
"Peter Asaro, vice-chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, notes that companies like Google are thinking about the issue of ethics for…
Prof. David Golumbia - Hearsay Culture Show #222 - 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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Bitcoin may be volatile but has value beyond price point
""At their core, digital currency protocols are code," said EFF special counsel Marcia Hofmann in a statement Tuesday. "Attempts to regulate…
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Online Harassment Prevalent, Often by Strangers, Pew Study Finds
"“The gaming piece is not a surprise at all,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace.…
Should Police Be Able To Keep Their Devices Secret?
"KASTE: Stephanie Pell has been researching this at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, though her views here are not necessarily those of the Army. A…
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Obama Talks Up Net Neutrality, But Could Do More to Defend It
""I think Obama has to say 'Title II' or otherwise he's avoiding the key question," said Marvin Ammori, a consultant for tech compani…
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Q&A: Law Professor Ryan Calo, Part Two
Read the full Q&A with Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo at Technocrat. Ryan Calo is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and has…
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Free as in Open Access and Wikipedia
Cross-posted from EFF. Between October 20 and 26, EFF is celebrating Open Access Week alongside dozens of organizations from around the world. This is a week t…
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September 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
September 2014 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-september Retrospect is the monthly newsletter…
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Privacy experts call for Whisper to be investigated over tracking of some users
"“It’s highly possible that when you go around calling yourself ‘the safest place on the internet’ to disclose information then that shapes consumer expect…