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Author of Cell Phone Unlocking Petition Makes Final Push for 100K Signatures
""My immediate reaction was to shut down the business," Khanifar wrote, but he started working with Jennifer Granick, founder of Stanford's C…
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The Case for Online Obscurity
Cross-posted from The Atlantic On the Internet, obscure information has a minimal risk of being discovered or understood by unintended recipients. Empirical re…
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Petition to Free the Cell Phone: Now is the Time
The Librarian of Congress recently decided in their triennial DMCA exemption rule-making process to remove the existing exemption that allowed individuals to un…
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Thoughts on Chinese Hacking and America's Response
The release of Mandiant's report outlining China's cyber-espionage activities directed against the United States in recent years consumed the mainstream…
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Chinese reaction to a new report that traces a wave of cyber attacks on American targets to a Chinese military unit in Shanghai
CIS Junior Affiliate Scholar Richard Forno's discussion on cyberwarfare starts around 06:50. * Date Published:02/19/2013 * Original Publication:PRI's…
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Ohio Plans Drones to Hunt Lost Kids as They Bring Jobs
"“Drones have the potential to be transformative technology,” Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law and a former director at…
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Why Breach of Contract Should Never Be A Crime
In the face of efforts to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), some buinesses have told lawmakers that the CFAA should be used to punish breach of co…
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To Code, Nudge, Or Notice, That Is The Question
I wrote a new essay entitled “Code, Nudge, or Notice?” that might interest CIS readers. The essay compares side-by-side three ways that the government tries to…
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Virginia's Drone Fix
Charlottesville, Virginia has become the first city to formally pass anti-drone legislation. Will more progressive cities follow suit? CIS Affiliate Scholar Pet…
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Is the LAPD using drones to search for ex-cop Christopher Dorner?
"Ryan Calo, director of privacy and robotics at the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society agreed with Harman, saying: "Any time yo…
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Why the Rick Ross Case May Change Hip Hop
"According to Julie Ahrens, director of Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, that's because such bandie…
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Podcasters Prepare for War Against ‘Podcast Patent’ Owner Personal Audio
"“We think Personal Audio's podcasting claims are a classic example of an over-broad software patent,” EFF staff attorney Daniel Nazer wrote in an emai…