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Ethics paper goes to print!

Roux B and Falgoust M – “Ethical Issues Raised by Methods of Data Acquisition for Research in Digital Forensics” is now in print in Vol 21, No 1 in the Journal of Information Ethics (http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/jie.html) – I got my author’s

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Social media, 3rd party data storage, and warrants

Just a quick post about this article which I came across this morning regarding warrants going after facebook data. This is a very interesting trend with both privacy as well as public policy implications for the continued advancement of technology.

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Corporations have no personal privacy + SCOTUS Snark Watch

Extra, extra, read all about it – AT&T doesn’t have personal privacy [within the meaning of Exemption 7(C) to the Freedom of Information Act] (“[C]ould reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy”). opinion is here. The

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The Brits crack some emails

This is an interesting tid bit from across the pond: Police took months to break encrypted messages on his computer. They found he had been in direct contact with Awlaki, who is accused of having links to the attempted bombing

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Westboro Baptist Church

In a strange turn of events, news outlets are reporting Anonymous, the same ‘group’ (or loose association depending on who you listen to) responsible for the HB Gary fiasco is now threatening the Westboro Baptist Church. Or is it? Suspicions

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