Baltimore Ransomware Attack Still Causing Problems
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While a number of cities have been hit by ransomware in the past year, few have been hit as hard as Baltimore – but as time goes on, it‘s starting to sound like the city has no one to blame but itself.
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Government Wants User Download Data from Apple, Google
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We’ve written more than once about government efforts – in the name of fighting crime, of course – to track down everyone in a particular area where the crime was committed. But there’s a new wrinkle. The Department of Justice and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department are...
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Concern Rises About ICE Facial Recognition Use
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In 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) facial recognition database was big and broken, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Now, it’s not...
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Supreme Court Rules Against E-Discovery Costs
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After years of encouraging litigants to use electronic discovery on court documents, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that, well, you can, but you can’t count on getting reimbursed for it by the losing litigant, and now people are freaking out how to get it paid for. It all started in 2010...
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Virginia Court Throws Out License Plate Readers Data Collection
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As you may recall, police departments and other organizations have been loading up on automated license plate readers that help them track automobile locations,...
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Dear Secret Service: Don’t Poke USB Sticks in Things
Profile: Sharon Fisher
The Secret Service is scrambling to prove that its agents are, too, competent and know better than to poke USB sticks in things. As you probably know, a...
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Don’t Get Too Excited About the Fingerprint Ruling
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For some time now, it’s been true that, while people may or may not be required to give their cell phone passwords to law enforcement, they were required to...
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Law Enforcement Asking for Google Cellphone Data Near Crimes
Profile: Sharon Fisher
Should law enforcement be able to get a search warrant for your phone just based on the fact that you happened to have been near the vicinity of a crime?
So far, the courts are saying yes.
Cellphone location data has been a big deal lately, with cases such as 0 Comments
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Another Case of ‘Alexa, How Do I Hide a Body?’
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A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings that an Amazon Echo device may have made during a three-day period when two women appear to have been killed in the home. Timothy Verrill is accused of killing Christine Sullivan and her friend Jenna Pellegrini in Sullivan’s home over...
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An Incredibly Gnarly Legal Encryption Discussion
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New news in the world of whether you can be forced to decrypt your phone by law enforcement. As I wrote in May 2017: “As you may recall, the whole...
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