Organized Labor Can Protect Workers by Supporting 'Aaron's Law'
Right now, a battle is underway to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a statute that can transform innocuous workplace behavior into a federal crime, simp…
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The Backlash Against Drones
"As it stands, “there’s really not a lot in American privacy law that’s going to be much of a barrier to using drones,” University of Washington law profes…
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Tools for Civic Purposes
"Tools for Civic Purposes" It's somewhat "old hat" to note that networked information technology creates tremendous potential for socia…
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Good Versus Bad Smart: Some Thoughts On Morozov's Op Ed
I have yet to sit down and read Evgeny Morozov’s new book, To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. I certainly found his last b…
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Firefox 22 will block third-party cookies
"Jonathan Mayer, a researcher at Stanford, has contributed a patch for Firefox that will block third-party cookies from installing on the user's browse…
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Firefox to follow Safari, start blocking cookies from third-party advertisers
"Firefox is set to start blocking cookies from third-party ad networks by default, thanks to a patch submitted by Stanford law student and online privacy a…
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Has Your Smartphone Hijacked Your Life?
CIS Affiliate Scholar Marvin Ammori debates the topic in this Slate article. * Date Published:02/22/2013 * Original Publication:Slate…
Innovation or Exploitation (Video)
Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have violated fede…
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A National Priority and a Business Priority
Should Companies Tell Us When They Get Hacked? Lauren Gelman dicusses in this New York Times Op-Ed. * Date Published:02/21/2013 * Original Publication:New Yo…
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Petition forces White House to address why unlocking smartphones is illegal
"An attorney from Stanford’s Cyberlaw Clinic, Jennifer Granick, offered to help the 20-year-old Khanifar fight Motorola. The company eventually dropped its…
Innovation or Exploitation? (Audio)
Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have violated fede…
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Washington Trade-Secret Theft Enforcement Weighs on Shareholders
CIS Junior Affiliate Scholar Richard Forno weighs in on White House talks about cracking down on international cyber espionage. The practicality of the endeavor…