Cybersecurity Puzzles

Posted on January 24th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

Cybersecurity is in the news: a network intrusion allegedly interfered with railroad signals in the Northwest in December; the Obama administration refused to support the Stop Online Piracy Act due to worries about interfering with DNSSEC; and the GAO concluded that the Department of Homeland Security is making things worse by oversharing. So, I’m fortunate [...]

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Filed under: Anonymity, Computer crime, Encryption, Intermediaries, international, Internet & Society, ISP, Minnesota, national security, NSA, Politics, Privacy, Scholarship, Security, Software

Why Scalia is Right in Jones: Magic Places and One-Way Ratchets

Posted on January 24th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

The Supreme Court handed down its decision in U.S. v. Jones yesterday, and the blogosphere is abuzz about the case. (See Margot Kaminski, Paul Ohm, Howard Wasserman, Tom Goldstein, and the terrifyingly prolific Orin Kerr.) The verdict was a clean sweep – 9-0 for Jones – but the case produced three opinions, including a duel [...]

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