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Looking back 5 Years, and designing forward
Five years. It passes quickly, time as the currency of life. Five years ago (2007), Google surpassed Microsoft as the "most valuable global brand,"…
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Clearing The Air On Skype: Most Of What You Read Was Not Accurate, But There Are Still Reasons To Worry
Hill spoke to legal expert Jennifer Granick who pointed out that just the uncertainty and threat that such legislation might come down the road at some point se…
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Privacy: For the Rich or for the Poor?
I am delighted to have been invited to guest blog on Concurring Opinions for the next few weeks. I am re-posting here with permission a shorter version of my po…
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Is the government doing enough to protect us online?
At one point, Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, asked the large audience of security…
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This Is What Is Actually 'Terrifying' About Microsoft's Skype Policy
A few days ago, my colleague Eric Jackson wrote a post on speculation that recent changes to Skype’s architecture may have made it easier for Microsoft to tap t…
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The government thinks you should focus on the adversary, but who is the adversary?
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford University, asked the crowd to raise their hands for a quick straw poll: “Who is more afraid of Google…
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Black Hat panel: Which do you trust less with your data, the U.S. government or Google?
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Black Hat Conference here, a panel of experts got together to expound on what they see as the privacy and security mess…
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Black Hat draws world hacking gang – and Apple – to Sin City
The 2012 Black Hat conference is kicking off in Las Vegas, and this year's session will see Apple presenting for the first time, as well as a reunion of som…
CODE 2600
Synopsis: CODE 2600 documents the rise of the Information Technology Age as told through the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. The film expl…
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Two New Book Reviews
Two published book reviews! An Uncommonly Open Approach, written by Edella Schlager, was published in Science. Paul de Bijl published a review in the Journal…
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Secret Surveillance on the Rise
"A probable cause standard is what's required to protect Americans, and it's what's required under the Constitution," said Catherine Crump…
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Publicity rights up in the air
The current crop of cases are an important opportunity for an appellate standard, said Julie Ahrens, an attorney and associate director of the Fair Use Project…