Robert Burnson reports: An Israeli spyware company that was sued by WhatsApp Inc. four years ago over an alleged malware-hacking scheme failed to persuade a US judge to move the dispute to its home country. US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton rejected NSO Group’s argument that American restrictions on data transfers would hamper the company’s ability to defend itself in federal court in…
Category: Court
EFF to Supreme Court: Fifth Amendment Protects People from Being Forced to Enter or Hand Over Cell Phone Passcodes to the Police
[Press Release, November 16, 2023] Lower Court Ruling Undermining Protections Against Self Incrimination Should Be Reversed WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling undermining Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination and find that constitutional safeguards prevent police from forcing people to provide or use passcodes for their cell phones…
YouTuber Arrested over Defaming Teen in Tokyo
JiJi Press reports: Tokyo police on Monday arrested a 40-year-old man who claims to be a “citizen’s arrest” YouTuber, for allegedly defaming a woman by taking footage of her without permission and posting it without blurring her face, according to investigative sources. The man is suspected of taking a video of a teenage girl near…
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
Suzanne Smalley reports: A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs. The Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the…