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February 19, 2009

9:55 am

New York Times: Do We Need a New Internet?

The New York Times has published an interesting musing on the question, “Do we need a new Internet” in order to solve mushrooming online security [...]

9:54 am

Poll: Majority Want Investigations on Warrantless Wiretapping

A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds that a clear majority of Americans favor at least some kind of investigation into whether Bush administration officials and [...]

9:54 am

Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking is Illegal

Jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation, says Apple in comments filed with the Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA [...]

9:52 am

EFF Re-Launches Legal Guide for Bloggers

It has been almost four years since EFF first published our Legal Guide for Bloggers to help bloggers understand their rights and, when necessary, [...]

9:52 am

Stolen Wallets, Not Hacks, Cause the Most ID Theft? Debunked

A new report from Javelin Research is getting attention for its extraordinary claim that data breaches are responsible for only a tiny minority of identity [...]

9:51 am

Copyright Fight Brewing Over Amazon’s Kindle 2

The Authors Guild warned Thursday that Amazon’s newest digital e-book reader’s voice function is likely violating writers’ copyrights — an assertion intellectual property experts said [...]

February 18, 2009

12:06 am

Facebook: “We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever.”

Facebook published a brand new terms of service which says anything you put on facebook belongs to them, FOREVER. Great. Before now they claimed that [...]

February 4, 2009

12:43 pm

New Tool Will Help Online Advertisers Develop Stronger Privacy Practices

CDT today released a new assessment tool to help online advertising companies develop strong, appropriate privacy protections for the users they serve. Released to [...]

12:42 pm

Obama’s Quick Response to Privacy Concerns

he incoming Obama administration has impressed advocates of open government, first by making a clear commitment to answer FOIA requests with a presumption of openness, [...]

12:41 pm

Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case

The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely [...]

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