Orin Kerr writes: The federal Wiretap Act is the major privacy law that protects privacy in communications. […] In this post, I want to focus on a particularly tricky and important application of the problem that is raised in a case now pending in the Third Circuit: How does the Wiretap Act apply to surveillance of…
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UK: Reporter foils chat line benefit cheat’s court anonymity bid
David Sharman reports: A murder trial witness convicted of benefit fraud had her bid to remain anonymous foiled by a weekly reporter in court. Oliver Pritchard, of The Comet, Stevenage, successfully challenged Sherry Douglas’s attempt to have an order made under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act. Chat line worker Douglas was moved to…
Facebook introduces PGP encryption for sensitive emails
Alex Hern reports: Facebook is offering users the ability to encrypt password reset emails for the first time, using the popular PGP email encryption standard. Users who want to take advantage of the new security standards can tell Facebook their public key, and the site will then ensure that any sensitive emails that it sends out, such…
Smoking Ban at Beijing will now Shame Tobacco Users on Internet and charge $32 as fine
The Lauderdale Daily News had this item: Capital city of China, ‘Beijing’ came up with a strict smoking ban on the smokers on Monday. The government warned that if anyone cross this law, their name will be shamed over Internet and Television and has to pay twenty times higher penalty than now. […] This ban…