Frances Robinson reports: Representatives of Google Inc. rolled into Brussels on Tuesday, the last stop on their seven-city tour of Europe to discuss the so-called right to be forgotten, which was established by a May ruling by the European Court of Justice. The two-month cavalcade felt like spring break with more intellectual property lawyers. And, like spring break, everyone was talking…
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The Government is in Pursuit of a Less Secure Internet
Nathan Freed Wessler writes: A government proposal to change the rules for obtaining search warrants risks making all of us more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The FBI wants to be able to infect computers with malware when it doesn’t know where exactly they’re located. The implications for computer security, and for constitutional limits on the government’s…
Alabama school district paid an ex-FBI agent $157K to monitor students on social media
Joanna Rothkopf reports: Last year, in an effort to improve security, the Huntsville City School district paid an ex-FBI agent Chris McRae $157,000 to monitor the social media activity of its 24,000 students. The effort was part of a program called SAFe, Students Against Fear, where students and faculty could file anonymous tips to McRae who would…
Mac Users’ Unsaved Files and Screenshots Are Automatically Stored on iCloud
From the they-should-have-warned-us dept.: Yael Grauer reports: Opening TextEdit in your MacBook to jot down some notes may feel like the digital equivalent of scrawling on the back of an envelope. Unfortunately, those unsaved notes may not be as private as you think they are—and likely haven’t been for a while. If you’re like the…