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Amazing Spider-Man 2: Paparazzi Using Spy Drones on Set?
"“In 2015, when the FAA is set to begin to relax its prohibition on use and integrate civilian use of drones, then I would think the first folks in the doo…
Privacy
Digital Age - Are We Prosecuting the Right Hackers?
Hacking generally has a pejorative meaning, namely, someone who accesses a computer by circumventing its security system. But, hacking may also refer to excelle…
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Amid Calls for Reform, a Rare Trial of Hacking Law
""Because the language is vague and the way we've used computers has changed so much, there has been a great amount of litigation and dispute abou…
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Washington House Panel Rejects Push For Passwords
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, who studies emerging technologies, said companies have federal, state and common laws that protect propr…
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Transparency, but what are we seeing?
Cross-posted from http://katewestmoreland.wordpress.com/ Now that Microsoft has come to the party and is publishing a regular transparency report, there is a m…
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Emails Detail Northern District's Use of Controversial Surveillan
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said it would be troubling if prosecutors did not inform Se…
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Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
"“His work has gone a long way in trying to help us figure out how irrational we are in privacy related decisions,” says Woodrow Hartzog, an assistant prof…
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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Swartz, Auernheimer, and beyond
"In this video from Shmoocon 2013, Professor Orin Kerr and Marcia Hofmann from EFF discuss several recent prosecutions brought under the Act, including cas…
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Critics Question Uncle Sam's Ammo Buying Spree
""There is a subjective element of harm to being, living in a society where you feel like you're under surveillance," Ryan Calo, an assistant…
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Swartz, Auernheimer, and beyond
In this video from Shmoocon 2013, Professor Orin Kerr and Marcia Hofmann from EFF discuss several recent prosecutions brought under the Act, including cases aga…
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Leaked Photos of Johansson Expose Cloud's Vulnerabilities to Social Engineering
"In many instances, this type of attack could still be executed, said Woodrow Hartzog, a professor at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, who resear…
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The More Americans Know About Drones, the Less They Like Them
"In an influential 2011 article, "The Drone as Privacy Catalyst," law professor Ryan Calo predicted that the dystopian images that drones evoke c…