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Microsoft, Nokia, Black Rain: Intellectual Property
The Electronic Frontier Foundation hired Daniel Nazer as a staff attorney, the San Francisco-based digital rights advocacy group said in a statement. * Date P…
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Found: Secret location of Minneapolis police license plate readers
“This study is a good demonstration not only of how much information is collected, but also how much additional information can be extracted through data analys…
Managing Autonomous Transportation Demand
“Today we are well underway to a solution of the traffic problem.”1 This claim, made by Robert Moses in 1948, is as true today as it was then. Which is to say,…
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When is Social Media Use a Crime?
Newtown school shooting raises the question of whether someone can be prosecuted for posting false information online. "What the prosecutors would have to…
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Instagram’s Absurd New Terms of Use Agreement Is Already Being Called Its ‘Suicide Note’
"These kinds of terms are pretty common these days, which is unfortunate, because some of them border on the ridiculous," says Woodrow Hartzog, an ass…
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Are Odd Electives a Waste?
For instance: "Aspects of Autonomous Driving," the course offered at Stanford University Law School. "We can teach torts through 18th-century En…
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Tool Without a Handle: “Kittens, Cities, and Creepshots”
In this post, I apply the “tool” metaphor to two common concerns with respect to online services and privacy: profanity in discussion fora and the publication…
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Self-driving cars can navigate the road, but can they navigate the law?
"Florida, Nevada and California have all passed laws to make the cars street legal, thanks in large part to big lobbying efforts by Google, but according t…
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Microsoft Rankles Advertisers With Web User-Privacy Plan
"Microsoft may also be aiming to use privacy as a stick to beat rival Google with, Mayer said." * Date Published:12/13/2012 * Original Publication:…
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Important FAA Amendments Need Public Support
Today, Senator Ron Wyden agreed to forego his procedural hold that would prevent the Senate from voting on extending the FISA Amendments Act, due to expire at t…
Legal Issues in Mobile Security Research
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Marcia Hoffman participated in a Hacker Hotshot session where she discussed legal issues in mobile security research. More Info.…
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Facebook changes privacy controls again and takes a key one away
University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo said “preserving obscurity is the best way to protect privacy. This is an example of a company taking obscurity…