Posted on September 11th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer
My friend Sasha Romanosky, a research fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU and the co-author of a great paper on data breach notification laws, is looking for your help with a research project: Greetings, I am involved in a research project that examines state laws affecting the flow of personal information. This information could [...]
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Filed under: Anonymity, Computer crime, Encryption, Impersonation, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Scholarship, Security
Posted on February 29th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer
If you Google “Santorum,” you’ll find that two of the top three search results take an unusual angle on the Republican candidate, thanks to sex columnist Dan Savage. (I very nearly used “Santorum” as a Google example in class last semester, and only just thought better of it.) Santorum’s supporters want Google to push the, [...]
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Filed under: Cognitive Decisionmaking, First Amendment, Google, Impersonation, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Media, Politics, Search Engines, Voting
Posted on February 21st, 2012 by Derek Bambauer
(This post is based on a talk I gave at the Seton Hall Legislative Journal’s symposium on Bullying and the Social Media Generation. Many thanks to Frank Pasquale, Marisa Hourdajian, and Michelle Newton for the invitation, and to Jane Yakowitz and Will Creeley for a great discussion!) Introduction New Jersey enacted the Anti-Bullying Bill of [...]
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Filed under: Anonymity, Computer crime, First Amendment, Impersonation, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Law School, Media, Privacy, Scholarship, Security, Social Networking
Posted on January 21st, 2012 by Derek Bambauer
It may seem strange in a week where Megaupload’s owners were arrested and SOPA / PROTECT IP went under, but cybersecurity is the most important Internet issue out there. Examples? Chinese corporate espionage. Cyberweapons like Stuxnet. Anonymous DDOSing everyone from the Department of Justice to the RIAA. The Net is full of holes, and there [...]
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Filed under: badware, Computer crime, Digital Media, Encryption, Impersonation, Intermediaries, international, Internet & Society, Media, national security, NSA, Privacy, Scholarship, Security, Software
Posted on July 21st, 2011 by William McGeveran
Kim Kardashian, possessor of the world’s most famous Armenian-American posterior, has sued Old Navy over a television commercial featuring an actress with an uncanny resemblance to her. You can read a Washington Post account of the suit, and watch the ad, here, and read New York Daily News coverage here. Celebrity impersonators can be a [...]
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Filed under: Impersonation, Media, Privacy, Trademarks
Posted on May 12th, 2011 by William McGeveran
A Utah federal court has dismissed a complaint by Koch Industries — the giant privately-held conglomerate of the politically controversial billionaire Koch brothers — over a prank press release issued in the company’s name. (EFF blogged about the court’s opinion and also posted a PDF of it here.) The dispute began when anonymous pranksters calling [...]
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