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Tag Archives: Law & order
Taking a GPS tracker off your car isn’t ‘theft,’ court rules
This line of thinking could get absurd, Indiana’s supreme court declared. How do you “steal” something if you don’t know who owns it?
Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks
Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.
Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition
The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.
Facebook asks to be regulated kinda like a newspaper, kinda like telco
Zuckerberg is in Brussels right in time for the European Commission’s release of its manifesto on regulating AI.
IOTA shuts down network temporarily to fight wallet hacker
Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.
Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details
A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.
Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency
The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.
Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix
The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.
Suspect who refused to decrypt hard drives released after four years
The US Court of Appeals ruled that he couldn’t continue to be held for refusing to give up his passcodes.