Via Dan Auerbach at EFF, this open letter to Congress: Dear Lawmakers, We are writing you today as professionals, academics, and policy experts who have researched, analyzed, and defended against security threats to the Internet and its infrastructure. We have devoted our careers to building security technologies, and to protecting networks, computers, and critical infrastructure…
Category: Laws
When drones start flying over our neighborhoods, what will protect our privacy?
Congressmen Ed Markey and Joe Barton, co-chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have sent a letter to the FAA about drones and privacy concerns. They ask the right questions about transparency and privacy protections – questions I wish the FAA had been asked before the law had been passed. A response is requested by May…
Online protests to controversial CISPA bill begin, amid changes
Jeremy A. Kaplan reports: Industry groups attempted to corral the growing Internet protest against a proposed cybersecurity bill Monday, announcing what could spell tweaks to the wording of a bill that some call far too vague — and a real threat to online privacy. The Business Software Alliance and the Center for Democracy and Technology…
Unmasking Anonymous Internet Speech in New York
Scott M. Himes writes: Every day innumerable people “speak” on the internet, through email, social media, blogs, and other electronic writings, without disclosing their identities (or by using fictitious ones). But the anonymity of internet speech becomes an issue when one feels aggrieved by anonymous (or pseudonymous) words. And although the First Amendment protects anonymous…