Josh Gerstein reports: Newspaper publisher Gannett is fighting an effort by the FBI to try to determine who read a specific USA Today story about a deadly shooting in February near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that left two FBI agents dead and three wounded. The subpoena, served on Gannett in April, seeks information about who accessed the…
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Massachusetts School Committee Allows Real-Time Crime Center To Monitor Students Live
Joe Cadillic writes: How does a school committee respond to a year of remote student learning? How will the Springfield, MA School Committee respond to post-COVID schooling? Now that public schools are reopening (just in time for summer vacation) what are officials worried about? Is it face-to-face learning? Is it in-person interactions with students? Nope,…
The War Over Genetic Privacy Is Just Beginning
John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead comment: “When you upload your DNA, you’re potentially becoming a genetic informant on the rest of your family.”— Law professor Elizabeth Joh “Guilt by association” has taken on new connotations in the technological age. All of those fascinating, genealogical searches that allow you to trace your family tree by…
ADT Technician Sentenced for Hacking Home Security Footage
There’s an update to a previously reported case: A home security technician was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former ADT employee, pleaded guilty to computer fraud in January. He was sentenced…