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FBI Impersonated Seattle Times To Spy On Bomb-Threat Suspect
"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, said the online stratagems are reminiscent of more commonly accepted police tactics…
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For journalists coming into US, policies border on the absurd
"Catherine Crump, Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law, agrees. "After the Suprem…
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Trade Secrecy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Secret Lawmaking Meets Criminalization
Trade secrecy, arguably the most active but least understood and studied of intellectual property's doctrines, is on the rise. Over the past two years, ther…
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The Future of Anonymity on the Internet Is Facebook Rooms
"“I think there’s definitely a pendulum swing, where we move and experiment with anonymity,” says Citron. “There’s certainly a destructive side to anonymit…
Want the best price online? Good luck with that.
""One of the problems with the capability of a company to personalize the terms on which is offers you services and the price is this information asym…
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EFF: Bitcoin snooping scheme puts bosses' freedoms at risk - See more at: http://www.managers.org.uk/insights/news/2014/october/eff-bitcoin-snooping-scheme-puts-bosses-freedoms-at-risk#sthash.9mhnDk1t.dpuf
"EFF Special Counsel Marcia Hofmann said: “The courts have long recognised that code is speech protected by the First Amendment. At their core, digital cur…
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Online Harassment Prevalent, Often by Strangers, Pew Study Finds
"“The gaming piece is not a surprise at all,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace.…
Should Police Be Able To Keep Their Devices Secret?
"KASTE: Stephanie Pell has been researching this at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, though her views here are not necessarily those of the Army. A…
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Privacy experts call for Whisper to be investigated over tracking of some users
"“It’s highly possible that when you go around calling yourself ‘the safest place on the internet’ to disclose information then that shapes consumer expect…
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Why is it taking so long to identify the anonymous Gamergate trolls?
"That said, there’s a fairly standard process to investigating social media threats, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland an…
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Privacy experts call for Whisper to be investigated over tracking of some users
"Privacy expert Woodrow Hartzog, a visiting professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, said the only likely bar to an investigation was time. The ca…
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Whisper: The ‘anonymous’ messaging app that reportedly tracks your location and shares data with the Pentagon
""The FTC has been clear that consumer expectations will govern in determining whether acts or practices are seen as deceptive," said Woodrow Har…