Disclosure

Posted on October 31st, 2006 by Derek Bambauer

Chris Soghoian, a CS student at Indiana, wrote a now-infamous program that allowed Internet users to print valid-looking, but fake, Northwest Airlines boarding passes. The passes could allow someone to pass through airport security (run by the Transportation Security Administration) without having purchased a ticket, or under a fake name. The problem has been nosed [...]

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Filed under: Court Decisions, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Media, Privacy, Security

Hoffman on XOXOHTH

Posted on October 31st, 2006 by William McGeveran

Dave Hoffman at Concurring Opinions has published the first of what he says will be a series of posts about XOXOHTH, the (in)famous discussion board supposedly aimed at law school applicants, law students, and new law firm associates. Messages are anonymous, and some of the content is not, shall we say, edifying. Putting aside the [...]

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Filed under: Anonymity, Blogging, Digital Media, Internet & Society, Law School

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