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Aug 19, 2013

Surprise (Not): NSA Violates Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Each Year

Courtesy of Edward Snowden, The Washington Post published a story based on an internal National Security Agency (NSA) audit and

Aug 15, 2013

Is Your Pet's Name Your Password? Shame, Shame.

As a recent post from Naked Security noted, if you want to hack into someone's account, try "Bella" as a

Aug 14, 2013

President Wants Us To Be Comfortable with NSA's Surveillance

After being outed by Mr. Snowden, with the consequent predictable turmoil, the President announced last Friday that he has a

Aug 13, 2013

ABA House of Delegates Passes Cybersecurity Resolution

As a member of the ABA's Cybersecurity Legal Task Force and a member of the ABA's House of Delegates, I

Aug 12, 2013

Digital Detectives Podcast: Hot Developments Among Electronic Discovery Vendors

The latest episode of our Legal Talk Network Digital Detectives podcast discusses e-discovery vendortrends. John and I were happy to

Aug 08, 2013

Got an Annoying Neighbor? Hack His Toilet!

"Smart toilets," which I will never own after reading this story, can be hacked. Information security firm Trustwave issued an

Aug 07, 2013

Is Ghost Blogging Ethical Without a Disclaimer?

I was astonished at the argy bargy (love that British term) that erupted when I recently lectured at a conference

Aug 06, 2013

Judge Herbert Dixon: A Futurist View of Technology and the Courts

Congratulations to my friend, D.C. Superior Court Judge Herbert Dixon, on his new article in the ABA Judges' Journal. The

Aug 05, 2013

From the Chamber of Leaked (Law Firm) Secrets

Thanks to my friend, Virginia Lawyer's Weekly editor Paul Fletcher, for a humorous look at a breach of client confidentiality

Aug 01, 2013

X-Keyscore: Can the NSA Now See 'Nearly Everything' We Do?

The hits just keep on coming. Yesterday, CNET posted an article which says that Edward Snowden has reportedly leaked to

Jul 31, 2013

Ross Kodner: Farewell Dear Friend

Yesterday, we lost our dear friend Ross Kodner to a massive heart attack – far, far too young. We have

Jul 30, 2013

Summer Reading: Black List by Brad Thor

If you want to amp up your paranoia over government intrusions into our private lives, you need to read Black