Email Encryption: Pretty Good Privacy Even when Someone's Listening
This event was hosted by the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/cis-tech-workshop-tom-lowenthal-ema... Pretty-good…
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Eternal vigilance is a solvable technology problem: A proposal for streamlined privacy alerts
Consider three recent news articles about online privacy: Google+ added a new feature that shows view counts on everything you post, including your photos. It’…
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Q&A with Privacy Expert Omer Tene
"Q. What is the best part of your job? A. All parts of my job are “the best.” Privacy is a fascinating field that’s evolving with astounding speed and mak…
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Debunking the First Amendment Myths Surrounding Revenge Porn Laws
"Another way to understand the constitutionality of revenge porn statutes is through the lens of confidentiality law. Woodrow Hartzog persuasively contends…
Debunking the First Amendment Myths Surrounding Revenge Porn Laws
Disclosing someone’s nude image in violation of trust and confidence (often known as nonconsensual pornography or revenge porn) is a destructive invasion of pri…
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Fourth Circuit Upholds Contempt Against Lavabit, Doesn’t Decide Gov’t Access to Encryption Keys
Today the Fourth Circuit refrained from deciding the first legal challenge to government seizure of the master encryption keys that secure our communications wi…
Protecting Sexual Privacy with Law
Technological change is at the heart of much information privacy law. Recall privacy law’s beginning. In 1890, Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis, then law partne…
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Weev Talks About Life In Prison And His Plans To Open A Hedge Fund, TRO LLC
"I would still be in prison if it weren’t for Tor, and he and Marcia Hofmann (who was co-counsel on my appeal) are the single two smartest lawyers you can…
NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It - Bruce Schneier
This event was hosted by the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/nsa-surveillance-and-what-do-about-... Edward Snowd…
5 Key Quotes from the FTC v. Wyndham Decision on Data Security
Cross-posted from LinkedIn. This post was co-authored by Professor Daniel Solove. The long-awaited federal district court opinion in FTC v. Wyndham was finall…
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Researchers find metadata reveals personal information
"“We were able to identify a number of patterns that were highly indicative of sensitive activities or traits,” Mayer said, offering an example of one part…
The FTC as Data Security Regulator: FTC v. Wyndham and Its Implications
Co-authored with Daniel Solove. In the field of data security law, hardly any case has had as much at stake as Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham. The FTC has…