Jordan Smith reports: William Thompson, a professor emeritus of criminology and law at the University of California, Irvine, lives in University Hills, an on-campus residential community that affords, as he says, “poorly paid academics” in an area with high housing costs the ability to live near work. He was outside one day a few years ago…
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Healthcare workers accuse Alexa of possibly recording protected info
Kat Jercich reports: In a class action filed this week, healthcare workers alleged that their Amazon Alexa-enabled devices may have recorded their conversations – including potentially protected information. Some of the plaintiffs, who include a substance abuse counselor and a healthcare customer service representative, say they work with HIPAA-protected information. Others say they have private conversations…
Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Computer Crime Conviction For Man Who Copied Himself On Emails Sent To His Boss
Tim Cushing explains: It’s not just the CFAA that can be abused. This law — recently trimmed a bit by the US Supreme Court — has been abused for years to go after web scrapers, researchers, and information-wants-to-be-free activists. The recent ruling does narrow the scope of that law a bit, but the CFAA still has the potential to do serious…
Comedian Kathy Griffin Beats Neighbor’s Invasion of Privacy Suit
Maeve Allsup reports: Comedian Kathy Griffin won’t face invasion of privacy claims after a California appellate court Thursday tossed a lawsuit alleging she used security cameras to record her then-neighbor, businessman Jeffrey Mezger, and his family in their backyard. In a 2018 lawsuit, Mezger alleged Griffin and her now-husband moved into the house next to…