POSTED BY Allison Kearns on October 4, 2013 The global interest in locating Eric Snowden appears to have waned. The importance of his revelations has not. As a direct result of Snowden’s disclosures regarding of the scope of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) spy programs, European Union (EU) countries are seeking to update a United Nations international… Read More The Global Response to the NSA’s Surveillance
POSTED BY Edwin Batista on October 4, 2013 On September 26, 2013 a San Jose Judge held that Internet communications are subject to the same privacy laws that are currently present in society. The judge rejected Google’s argument that you must sacrifice your privacy to send Gmails. In effect, California has set a new precedent that will… Read More Judge Rules Google’s Reading of Gmails Can Be Challenged
Posted by Laury Lucien at 11:00 AM In an era where large quantities of interactions take place on the Internet, the scope of the protection provided by the First Amendment is often unclear. On September 18, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit extended the First Amendment protection of speech to… Read More "To Like or Not to Like" That Is No Longer the Question
Posted by Alex Zamenhof at 10:55 AM Net neutrality is a system whereby large Internet companies, such as Verizon, are prohibited from using the identity of websites as a reason to charge them extra for access to their customers. For example, without net neutrality, a Verizon user might suddenly find that their Netflix cost goes… Read More Net Neutrality: Not Having It?
Posted by Stefan Martinez at 7:34 PM The National Security Agency (NSA) has been monitoring smartphone devices since 2010 according to documents released by former intelligence agent Eric Snowden. Documents apparently showed that the NSA cracked the platform of major smartphone makers, namely: Google Android, Blackberry mobile operating system, and Apple iOS. This form of… Read More Did the Patriot Act make Steve Jobs Big Brother?
Posted by Megan McGovern at 12:46 PM The America Invents Act (AIA) is the latest reform in U.S. patent law signed into effect on September 16, 2011. With a set of rolling changes, on of the main modifications takes place on March 16, 2013, which will transition the patent system from a “first-to-invent” system to… Read More What Does a First-To-File System Mean and What Will This Change to the Patent Process Mean for Inventors and Companies?
Posted by Hillary Cheng at 12:40 PM The MBTA, U.S. Customs, Apple, and Cisco would like you not to know that their data was or is insecure. Yes, I repeat, their data was, or is, insecure, and they don’t want you to know. Rather than promoting information security by working with security researchers, the MBTA,… Read More The Law – Promoting Data Insecurity