The Case for Rebooting the Network Neutrality Debate
The Internet uproar about network neutrality tends to come in waves. Right now we’re riding the crest of one. In the two weeks since Federal Communications Com…
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Exclusive: Emails Reveal Close Google Relationship with NSA
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said she believes information sharing between indu…
The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You
Suppose that an autonomous car is faced with a terrible decision to crash into one of two objects. It could swerve to the left and hit a Volvo sport utility veh…
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3 Ways Big Data Is Going To Be Used Against You In The Future
""I worry that profitable organizations will use big data to disadvantage consumers," Calo adds. "Intimate knowledge of consumers coupled wi…
Dragnet Nation - Julia Angwin
In her new book, Julia Angwin reports from the front lines of America's surveillance economy, a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, privat…
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International data privacy - what we need is an industry transparency report
Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Pinterest all publish transparency reports. Wordpress is the latest company to join the party…
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Adam Carolla is Bummed About Patent Trolls Taking All His Money
"“The basic technology that they claim was invented before they filed their patent,” Nazer explains. “This one is a bit complicated because the patent syst…
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Cyber Cavalry Rides to the Rescue of Internet of Things
"Yet security researchers who, in an attempt to be helpful, discover vulnerabilities and tell companies about them can face lawsuits or even criminal prose…
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Why you should be worried about net neutrality
"Here’s how Barbara van Schewick of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society puts it: “Access fees would significantly increase the costs of o…
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Podcasting in peril? Trial showdown in September
"Daniel Nazer, an EFF staff attorney, is working to invalidate PersonalAudio's patent — which Logan described: "system for disseminating media con…
The FCC Chairman’s Many Excuses
Cross-posted from Slate. A few years ago, Internet users, democracy activists, and entrepreneurs got wind of a proposed law, SOPA, that would have changed the…
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FCC's Wheeler Tries to Clarify Net Neutrality Stance, Again
"In an in-depth blog post written in the wake of Wheeler’s initial comments, Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick argued that critics of the…