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May 15, 2018

Google’s Duplex AI Sounds Like a Real Human: A Good Thing or Just Plain Creepy?

As Naked Security reported, Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently demonstrated an experimental new feature of Google Assistant. It consisted of

May 14, 2018

4th Circuit Says Border Search of Phones Requires Individualized Suspicion (But Not a Warrant)

On May 9th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in US v. Kolsuz, a criminal appeal raising

May 10, 2018

Wall Street Poised to Embrace Cryptocurrency

As a follow up to yesterday's post, it was interesting to read an article in The New York Times. The

May 09, 2018

Warren Buffet: Bitcoin is Probably Rat Poison Squared

Warren Buffet has never hesitated to speak his mind. So I wasn't surprised when BGR posted that Warren had referred

May 08, 2018

Lawyer Lies to Court and Is Undone by Instagram Photos

As reported in Above the Law (and many other places) Lina Franco, a New Jersey attorney acting as local counsel

May 07, 2018

Say It Ain’t So! 59% of People Say They Use the Same Password Everywhere

A Hot for Security post from Bitdefender reports on a survey of 2000 users by the password management experts at

May 03, 2018

Facebook Will Introduce a “Clear History” Privacy Tool

The Verge reported on May 1st that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook is adding a new feature

May 02, 2018

How Secure is Your Implementation of Office 365?

Lawyers look at me blankly when I ask that question. But it is a question posed by Microsoft itself. Let

May 01, 2018

IBM Security: Cybersecurity Still a Critical Challenge for Businesses

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law reported recently that on March 14, 2018, IBM Security published the results of a new global

Apr 30, 2018

The Jetsons Had Rosie the Robot. Amazon May Give Us Vesta

The Jetsons had Rosie as their robot maid. It looks like we may be getting Vesta (named after the Roman

Apr 26, 2018

Does E-mail Tracking by Lawyers Violate the Rules of Professional Conduct? Yes.

Attorney at Work recently published an interesting post on the ethics considerations involved in using e-mail tracking software. E-mail tracking

Apr 25, 2018

Free Resources to Help You Prepare for the GDPR- Effective May 25

IT Governance had a helpful post with free (your favorite price) resources to help you comply with the European Union's