Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ (2018) (Roberts, C.J.). Response by Margot E. Kaminski Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (Oct. Term 2017) Slip Opinion | SCOTUSblog
“A central truism of U.S. privacy law is that if you share information, you do not have an expectation of privacy in it. This reasoning runs through both Fourth Amendment jurisprudence and privacy tort cases, and has repeatedly been identified as a central failing of American privacy law in the digital age. On June 22, in Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court did away with this default. While repeatedly claiming to be fact-bound and incremental, Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion has paradigm-shifting implications not only for Fourth Amendment law, but also for private-sector privacy law.”
Netflix Viewing Now Exceeds That For Any Other Video Service
the quint: “So
once I tried reading the privacy policy of a company and post that the process
ran its natural course. There were parts I felt were absolutely inconsequential
and the excessive use of jargon resulted in me giving up and ultimately
clicking “I Agree”. I’m sure it’s just not me and almost 90 percent of
people who use these websites and services don’t even read the privacy policy.
I get it! You don’t have the time to go through a 2,500-word-long document.
And, of course, the language used is a bit convoluted and filled with legalese.
Since data privacy policy holds some key information, many companies try to
eschew critical information in order to sell the data to ad companies. The
introduction of GDPR has instilled a certain amount of fear among such companies,
but still users don’t find validity in reading the whole policy. So, is there
an easier way to extract the important bits of a privacy policy without diving
into its extraneous side? Maybe this can help…”
Every step you take: We track you for your own
safety, you know?
Amazon CEO is pruning my
ville of Imrich roses
How Michael Nielsen reads and records papers. “Avoid orphan questions.” Many of the best parts are later in the essay
Interactive tools show which companies in each US state are profiting from ICE.
SludgeHow much of a risk is the Strava data? Beyond geo info on military bases, identifiable personal details are shown.
Benjamin Brown
The year so far in cybersecurity breaches: relatively quiet compared to 2017, but router malware could change that.
WIRED
The year so far in cybersecurity breaches: relatively quiet compared to 2017, but router malware could change that.
WIRED
Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy by Siva Vaidhyanathan – review | Books | The Guardian
Facebook was founded by an undergraduate with good intentions but little understanding of human nature. He thought that by creating a machine for “connecting” people he might do some good for the world while also making himself some money. He wound up creating a corporate monster that is failing spectacularly at the former but succeeding brilliantly at the latter. Facebook is undermining democracy at the same time as it is making Mark Zuckerberg richer than Croesus. And it is now clear that this monster, like Dr Frankenstein’s, is beyond its creator’s control
Data, the GDPR and Australia's new consumer right
SPEECH: Productivity Commission chairman Peter Harris says the new consumer right will put Australia in the forefront of countries attempting to claw back community and individual control over their data
The Three Kinds Of Biases That Lead To Fake News In Your Social Media Feeds
Cognitive biases originate in the way the brain processes the information that every person encounters every day. The brain can deal with only a finite amount of information, and too many incoming stimuli can cause information overload. That in itself has serious implications for the quality of information on social media. … Read More
All EFF’d Up Yasha Levine, The Baffler
The Long View: Surveillance, the Internet, and Government Research Los Angeles Review of Books
Our Notions Of Privacy Boundaries Are Changing, A Historical View
This gap between the imagined and actual boundaries around our private lives has been the leitmotif of modern privacy debates. Indeed, the most consistent thread in that history has been the concept’s fundamental instability in the face of social and technological change. … Read More
Gmail messages ‘read by human third parties’ BBC
Snooping passwords from literally hot keys, China'sAK-47 laser, malware, and more
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govfresh: “According to analytics.usa.gov, government forms such as the U.S. Transportation Security Administration TSA Pre✓® application and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services case status are two of the most accessed federal government web pages. The ‘Select One’ chapter in Sara Wachter-Boettcher’s book, “Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech,” emphasizes the importance in being mindful of the fields included on forms, as many are either unnecessary or not inclusive, providing only binary options in a non-binary world. Fields like race, ethnicity, salutation and gender are potential points of alienation for those who may not have an option that suits their identity. If we are to include these fields on government forms, they should either be optional or fully inclusive, accounting for identities anyone can associate with…”
govfresh: “According to analytics.usa.gov, government forms such as the U.S. Transportation Security Administration TSA Pre✓® application and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services case status are two of the most accessed federal government web pages. The ‘Select One’ chapter in Sara Wachter-Boettcher’s book, “Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech,” emphasizes the importance in being mindful of the fields included on forms, as many are either unnecessary or not inclusive, providing only binary options in a non-binary world. Fields like race, ethnicity, salutation and gender are potential points of alienation for those who may not have an option that suits their identity. If we are to include these fields on government forms, they should either be optional or fully inclusive, accounting for identities anyone can associate with…”
Thomson Reuters: “In this third edition of the Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker™ Legal Department Operations (LDO) Index, we highlight qualitative and quantitative insights into corporate legal department operations. The LDO Index includes responses to a survey conducted among Legal Tracker customers in May 2018. The survey received responses from 217 legal departments, including 76 corporations in the Fortune 1000. Legal departments responded across 34 industries. Top industries of legal departments responding include 11% Healthcare, 10% Financial Services, 8% Consumer Products Manufacturers, and 7% Computer Software. Legal Tracker data is comprised of over $83B in legal spending from over 1,200 legal departments and 62,000 law firms. For purposes of data reporting, we have found the greatest correlation between legal departments with similar annual outside counsel legal spend. Unless otherwise noted in the report, we have segmented legal department size in the following categories…”