The Dept. of Energy released a report this week on access and privacy issues related to Smart Grid technologies. From the report, the Overview of Data Access and Privacy Concerns: Recognizing and addressing the significant concerns with access to and privacy protection for energy usage data are critical to the development of U.S. Smart Grid policies…
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Argument recap in Snyder v. Phelps: Does emotion win?
Lyle Denniston has another insightful analysis and commentary on SCOTUSBlog over today’s oral arguments: When the Supreme Court meets in private Friday to discuss Snyder v. Phelps, a profound question will hang over the discussion: Can we put aside our emotional reaction? If the answer, implicit or otherwise, is no, then the case is over, and…
Give us the encryption key so we can find evidence against you
The sentencing of 19-year old Oliver Drage for refusal to provide his encryption key has generated a lot of discussion. Drage was suspected of having child porn on his computer but apparently has not been tried or convicted on those charges — possibly because law enforcement couldn’t access what they suspect is the evidence on…
Privacy on the Smart Grid
Ariel Bleicher writes: Back in 2007, when the Dutch government announced that all 7 million homes in the Netherlands would be equipped with smart meters by 2013, it anticipated little resistance. After all, who wouldn’t welcome a device that could save both energy and money? But consumers worried that such intelligent monitoring devices, which transmit power-usage…