Law Professor Michael Scott writes: When I was growing up, my dad always told me that “just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.” Just because you can climb that tall tree, doesn’t mean you should. Just because you can ride your bike on that busy street, doesn’t mean you should. It was…
Category: Court
Class Claims Fox Hacks Into Computers
Karina Brown reports: A class action claims Fox Entertainment Group hacked into millions of computers to install “rogue, cookie-like tracking code” to snoop on people who visit Fox’s “American Idol” website. The class claims Fox and Clearspring Technologies committed crimes, circumvented privacy settings, and that the rogue devices reinstall themselves even if their victims can…
Pointer: Orin Kerr’s commentary on yesterday’s Third Circuit decision
Orin Kerr writes: A while back, I blogged at length about the Third Circuit’s pending case involving government access to historical cell-site records. The issue in the case is what legal standard the government must satisfy to obtain orders requiring phone companies to disclose such information. The district court had ruled that a warrant was required,…
The Legal Perils of Memorializing Countless Details of Your Life
Legal Blog Watch points to a post on Slaw.ca blog about how sharing too much about yourself on social media networks can come back to bite you. In this case, the bitee is Paris Hilton. Hilton had disavowed being the owner of a handbag in which drugs were found, but her disavowment may seem…