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Everyone Knows Privacy Is About Power. Now What?
In a recent op-ed, author Evgeny Morozov claims that we tend to think of privacy in terms of control over personal information rather than power or influence. “…
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Researchers aim to develop hack-proof layer of cyber protection
""There is promise to this sort of technology, and it's not surprising to see NSF investing in this sort of research," said University of Mar…
Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
“You can look forward to automation as a similar set of local and national tensions and developments and opportunities,” said Bryant Walker Smith. Smith was com…
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Security Research and the Law: What You Need to Know
"According to Hoffman, one potential legal landmine is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). One of its key provisions states that,"it is illegal t…
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Google snoops on Gmail to catch pedophiles
"Ryan Calo, a tech policy expert at the University of Washington School of Law, said that if Google "decided to take it upon themselves to police othe…
Prof. Frederick Schauer - Hearsay Culture Show #221 - 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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Monkey selfie ignites a copyright dispute
""Let's say that that the monkey had eaten a bunch of bananas and had piled the banana peels on the jungle floor," said Bridges. "If a p…
Profs. James Grimmelmann and David Post - Hearsay Culture Show #220 - 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…
The Case for Net Neutrality
For all the withering criticism leveled at the White House for its botched rollout of HealthCare.gov, that debacle is not the biggest technology-related failure…
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USA v. Microsoft: what the decision does and doesn't mean
Somehow we went from mild interest in December when Microsoft challenged a search warrant over user data stored in Ireland to some kind of frenzy today when Chi…
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UK Parliament's Committee Labelled the "Right to be Forgotten" as Misguided and Unworkable
The European Union Committee of the UK Parliament released a report on the implications of the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent Google Spain decision: &…
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Australian Government's Leaked Proposal to Force ISPs to Monitor Copyright Infringement
A discussion paper from the Australian Government titled "Online Copyright Infringement" leaked a few days ago. The paper included proposals to amend…