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Reality Winner Was Not Told She Had the Right to Remain Silent
"University of California, Davis law professor Elizabeth Joh came to a similar conclusion about Winner’s case. “She certainly could have a valid argument,”…
Privacy
Everything Radiates: Does the Fourth Amendment Regulate Side-Channel Cryptanalysis?
Abstract Encryption shields private information from malicious eavesdroppers. After years of slow adoption, encryption is finally becoming widespread in consum…
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The DNC IT Scandal And The Jackpot Lottery Fraud: When Digital Gatekeepers Become Thieves
"Professor Brett Frischmann at Villanova University states, "the problem some companies face with self-dealing by IT professionals is complex because…
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Blocked and banned by social media: When is it censorship?
"Neil Richards, a law professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, compared social networks to town squares of centuries past — an analog…
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Court: Locating suspect via stingray definitely requires a warrant
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a lawyer affiliated with the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that the judge’s ruling was "careful," but she no…
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Fair use in the digital house of mirrors . . .
In today's highly digitized world, copyright infringement actions, among others, are often brought against alleged infringers using information culled from…
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Can we have a hack-proof democracy?
In January 2017 the US finally designated voting machines as a critical infrastructure. Why do you think it’s appropriate? What’s got you worried? It's app…
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Sensor tracks who is driving in your neighbourhood
"“One of the great weaknesses in US privacy law is that we only protect against intrusions into private areas, not public spaces,” said Albert Gidari, dire…
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It’s Official: President Elevates U.S. Cyber Command
"The move really doesn’t come as a surprise, says Richard Forno, director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Co…
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Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
"Indeed, while Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reportedly eyes political ambitions within an increasingly brown America in which his own company consistently…
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When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, says that pressure from state attorneys general, court cases, and even legislation will be…
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Why is the Internet Like a Cell Phone? Carpenter v. U.S
If your cell phone is on, your location is known, tracked and recorded, whether you are in your home or in public. As you move around, your location history is…