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Group to U.S. SC: Crack down on patent trolls
"Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer said vague patents are even more prevalent in software, and are a favorite tool of patent trolls. “If you can cleverly craft…
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No Exit: The Digital Edition
"Ryan Calo, assistant professor at Washington University School of Law, predicts that companies will soon adjust offers and prices based on when we are mos…
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Robots and the law: what's after cyberlaw?
"Ryan Calo, the organizer of the annual Stanford conference on Robots and the Law has written a new paper called Robotics and the New Cyberlaw , examining…
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Italian spyware firm relies on U.S. Internet servers
"But when notified that an account appears to be linked to abusive or illegal activity, firms should investigate and take action, said Andrea Matwyshyn, as…
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Scientists explore safeguards for genomic data privacy
"(Narayanan, elsewhere, in talking about his doctoral research on problems with data anonymization, said his thesis, "in a sentence, is that the level…
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How the 'Top Gun' Twitter Crashed and Burned
"Daniel Nazer, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told me yesterday that Nasser's project is clearly within the bounds fair use. "I…
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AboutTheData.com asks if you recognize your online self
""I was pegged as a motorcycling Christian who owns a Nissan Pathfinder and, I think, had two or three kids, all of which is entirely incorrect,"…
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TrustyCon: Privacy advocates challenge government's sweeping data access
"On Thursday morning, Chris Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Marcia Hofmann, who runs a law practice spec…
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As Police Monitor Social Media, Legal Lines Become Blurred
"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school who specializes in privacy issues, says police could run into trouble searching on the I…
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A cell phone wrapped in tin foil is just one of the ways Julia Angwin went off the grid in her new book
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, calls this the “mass production of bias,” in which companies use personal data to exploit peop…
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Businesses That Copy Oscar Dresses Face Counterfeiting From Chinese Websites
"“People buying knockoffs aren’t the same people who would buy the thousand-dollar versions,” said Christopher Sprigman, a New York University law professo…
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Clash over Google Glass shows hurdles facing wearable tech
"Calo, a privacy expert who has tested Glass, said that that kind of reaction to the head-mounted computer "has a large measure of irrationality."…