Your Bank is Listening and Recording
“This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes.” We have all heard this missive whenever we call an 800 number, or any big company. But when we “consent” to…
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Sondra Prince of Watertown, New York was a social media queen. She had a Facebook page with pictures of herself splayed out on a brand new BMW. She displayed her…
Gag Me With a Court Order: Twitter Suing
Online social media site Twitter recently sued the U.S. government to allow the site to protect the privacy of its users. Generally, you see the U.S. government through the Federal Trade…
The StealthGenie Spyware Indictment and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. When Ferris Bueller took his famous “Day Off,” he entrusted his…
Apple the Choice of Pedophiles? Law Enforcement Just Doesn’t Get It.
Law enforcement’s response to the announcement by Apple (and later Google’s Android) that it would be encrypting by default the contents of users’ phones was met with predictable outrage by…
Apple’s Technical Solution to Surveillance Legal Issues
I recently wrote about the efforts by the U.S. Government to force Microsoft to deliver the contents of a customer’s e-mail located in Dublin, Ireland. The Court in New York…
Comcast (Heart Symbol) Tor
In the past few days, there have been reports that Comcast, the Philadelphia-based Internet giant (and broadcast giant, and content giant, and giant giant) has been monitoring its users’ activities and…
A Touch of Class (Action) – Models Sue Apple
There is a predictable pattern when it comes to a data breach. First, the company involves touts its “state of the art” security. Please, come to us — share your…
There is No There, There — Microsoft Indicates Won’t Comply with Court Order
When asked about the Internet, Gertrude Stein famously remarked, “there is no there, there.” Well, maybe it wasn’t about the Internet. On September 7, in a federal court in New…
Privacy with a Side of (Ray) Rice
Much has been said today about the Ray Rice affair. For those not paying attention, the former NFL player and former Baltimore Ravens running back not only hit his then…