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2011 in Review: Hacking Law
[Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights on 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for free...
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Comparing Privacy and Security Practices on Online Dating Sites
[Co-authored with Rainey Reitman and Seth Schoen. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] Concerned about your privacy when you use online dating sites? You should be. We recently examined 8 popular...
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Court Finds Social Network Add-On Violated Spam, Hacking Laws
[Co-authored with Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In a potentially troublesome decision, a federal district court has found that a start-up violated anti-spam and computer crime...
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Coders’ Rights At Risk in the European Parliament
[Co-authored with Katitza Rodriguez. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] Coders have never been more important to the security of the Internet. By identifying and disclosing vulnerabilities,...
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In the Wake of Aaron Swartz’s Death, Let’s Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law
[Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] Outpourings of grief and calls for change continue to flood the Internet after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, only 26 years old. Aaron was one of our community’s...
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EFF’s Initial Improvements to Aaron’s Law for Computer Crime Reform
[Co-authored with Mark M. Jaycox and Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] The death of our friend Aaron Swartz has resulted in an unprecedented outpouring of grief, along with a strong...
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EFF’s Additional Improvements to Aaron’s Law
[Co-authored by Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In our first post, we presented some initial thinking about how to fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and wire fraud law in...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 1: No Prison Time For Violating Terms of...
[Co-authored with Rainey Reitman. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 2: Protect Tinkerers, Security Researchers,...
[Co-authored with Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look at...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Part 3: The Punishment Should Fit the Crime
[Co-authored with Cindy Cohn and Hanni Fakhoury. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are...
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