Orin Kerr writes: The final version of my new article, The Next Generation Communications Privacy Act, 162 U. Pa. L. Rev. 373 (2014), has just been published. The article considers how Congress should update the privacy laws that regulate government access to e-mail and other Internet communications, both for contents and metadata, in criminal investigations. Read…
Category: Misc
Chrome browser becomes eavesdropping tool
Any computer running the Chrome browser can be subverted to eavesdrop on conversations happening around it, claims a developer. Israeli coder Tal Ater found the bug while working on his own speech recognition software. Despite Google finding a way to fix the bug in October 2013 the update has yet to be rolled out to…
Live Q&A with Edward Snowden: Thursday 23rd January, 8pm GMT, 3pm EST
From Free Snowden: Edward Snowden will be answering questions submitted by the public on his official support site, freesnowden.is, this Thursday 23 January at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST. The support site is run by The Courage Foundation and is the only endorsed Snowden Defence Fund. This is the first Snowden live chat since June 2013 and will…
Your Email Address Isn’t Personal Information. Get Over It.
Hillary Kelly describes the recent uproar over Google’s announcement that if you’re signed up with Google Plus, you can now email any other Gmail user who’s also signed up for Google Plus—even if you don’t know their email address or they yours. But is the uproar from privacy advocates reasonable? Kelly writes, in part: A CNN…