Bill proposed to end foreign export of web censorship and surveillance tools
Also in the news regarding US tech exports is a proposed bill to end the foreign export of web censorship and surveillance tools. From the AFP: “It’s unconscionable that US technology is putting...
View ArticleEU chief advocates “digital diplomacy”
This article is a little sparse on details, but one bit of it is interesting enough to note. EU foreign relations chief Ashton has come out with a paper calling for improvements that can be made in the...
View ArticleEPIC Sues DHS Over Covert Surveillance of Facebook and Twitter
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency’s social network monitoring program. In...
View ArticleBelarus shopping for Chinese video surveillance technology
Per this article in the Wall Street Journal, Huawei Technologies Co. is in talks to sell video surveillance technologies to the Belarus government. Huawei confirmed last week that it had signed a...
View ArticleTown council used surveillance law to spy on citizens and staff
This article in the Lancaster Telegraph suggests the practice may have ended in 2007, but between 2000 and then the Burnley Council used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) of 2000 to spy...
View ArticleQuicklinks 12/31/11
From this past week: All sorts of Facebook fun from this week. First, Facebook postings calling for assassination of First Family bring investigation. Huffington Post, Dec. 20, 2011. See also...
View ArticleTracking suspects through “silent” SMS
This post on F-secure raises the specter of German authorities tracking suspects through clandestine use of the SMS system. (The post references an article on Heise Online that translates to “Customs,...
View ArticleQuicklinks 1/28/2012
Some items from the past week: “Police warn buyers about Craigslist robberies,” Bay City News, Jan. 21, 2012. People thinking the car was for sale in another city are lured to Oakland to complete the...
View ArticleQuicklinks 2/25/12
Another dose of quicklinks: “Facebook spat led to 2 shooting deaths, sheriff says,” Associated Press, Feb. 8, 2012. “Online disappointment: Young Tunisian bloggers who promoted and recorded the events...
View ArticleThe NSA, metadata, and the Sixth Amendment
Last week Durie Tangri and I filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in the appeal of Smith v. Obama. Smith v. Obama is one of the many lawsuits being...
View ArticleThe NSA and the Fifth Amendment
In addition to the amicus brief in Smith v. Obama, a few weeks earlier I had filed another one on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Jewel v. NSA, another case...
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