California Revenge Porn Law: A Start
Posted on: 21 Nov 2014
In the wake of the iCloud hack of the pictures of the (very attractive) nude celebrities, it was announced that lawyers had contacted Apple threatening to sue. ‘Cause that’s what…
Day of Cyber Infamy
Posted on: 13 Nov 2014
NOAA WEATHER STATION – THE AZORES – NIGHT SUPERIMPOSE: NOAA WEATHER STATION – THE AZORES A HARBIN Z-9 military helicopter hovers silently above the antenna clad nondescript building as a…
Day of Cyber Infamy
Posted on: 13 Nov 2014
NOAA WEATHER STATION – THE AZORES – NIGHT SUPERIMPOSE: NOAA WEATHER STATION – THE AZORES A HARBIN Z-9 military helicopter hovers silently above the antenna clad nondescript building as a…
I’m Sorry, Siri, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
Posted on: 11 Nov 2014
Alexa is listening to your every word. So is Siri. And Cortana. And Google. Or the HAL 9000 computer. Just say the magic words and the devices from Amazon, Apple,…
Three Factor Authentication and The Law – Compelled Decryption by Biometric
Posted on: 03 Nov 2014
We all know what multi-factor authentication is. Typically, it involves two of three classes of authentication; (1) something you know (a password or passphrase); (2) something you have (a token…
The Internet and Ebola
Posted on: 29 Oct 2014
When Doctor Craig Spencer returned from West Africa to New York, having treated Ebola patients while wearing protective gear and being asymptomatic and non-infectious, he engaged in a rigorous course…
Gone Catfishing: Police, Subterfuge and the Internet
Posted on: 29 Oct 2014
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Cops lie. They are allowed to. In the course of conducting investigations, they can go undercover, pretend to be other people,…
Is the FBI Really “Going Dark?”
Posted on: 24 Oct 2014
FBI Director Comey complained about the problem of people, “going dark,” in a speech before the Brookings Institution on October 16, 2014. He explained, “the law hasn’t kept pace with technology, and…
In (Partial) Defense of the Comey Plan
Posted on: 23 Oct 2014
A terrorist assaults the Canadian Parliament, and is shot dead. Police, fearing a Mumbai-style mass attack, seize the gunman’s cell phone to look for contacts, communications, text messages, or other…
FBI Doubles Down on Apple Encryption
Posted on: 20 Oct 2014
The FBI really hates data security and privacy. I mean HATES it. In a speech before the Brookings Institution last week, FBI Director Jim Comey called for a “legislative or regulatory…