Celebrating Hackentine's Day
The House recently passed legislation that would update the Stored Communications Act, a measure that dictates how law enforcement can gain access to electronic…
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Should cybersecurity be a human right?
Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to forma…
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A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
"Those more involved subversion techniques, warns University of California at Davis law professor Elizabeth Joh, also create the risk that you’ll also arou…
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American Spies: how we got to mass surveillance without even trying
"While American Spies was written prior to Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, it has become vital and relevant under the new Republican a…
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'Give Us Your Passwords'
"“While the reasonable-suspicion standard for a border search is pretty low, it would at least preclude a blanket rule that every traveler disclose their p…
Right to Be Forgotten: Much Ado About Nothing
In the information society, the role of private sector entities in gathering information for and about users has long been a most critical issue. Therefore, int…
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Stanford Radio on SiriusXM features ‘living room conversations’ with faculty
"In a pilot venture with SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Stanford is launching two talk programs hosted by faculty members: The Future of Everything, focused on…
American Spies - Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It
US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and politi…
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Email Privacy Act has another run at becoming law
"As the ACLU argues in a letter, the existing law essentially violates the fourth amendment, protecting citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. R…
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U.S. House Passes Bill Requiring Warrants to Search Old Emails
"Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security at Google (GOOG, +0.47%), said in a statement the measure would "fix a constitu…
It's Too Complicated: How the Internet Upends Katz, Smith, and Electronic Surveillance Law
For more than forty years, electronic surveillance law in the United States has drawn a strong distinction between the protections afforded to communications &q…
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Area law enforcement moving to deploy body cameras
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, pointed out that the police chief has the authority to bar an officer from viewing a recording, particularly if it inclu…