GPS, Drones, and Your Coming Complete Lack of Privacy in Public
Show Notes: https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/filenode/scotusjones.pdf – US v. Jones Holding Tom Goldstein, Reactions to Jones v. United States: The government fared much better than everyone realizes, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 23, 2012, 4:07 PM),...
Encryption and the Fifth Amendment (Video)
Here’s another video, this time dealing with claiming fifth amendment privilege in the face of being compelled to give up your passwords. Details on these cases can be found at these links. https://www.eff.org/cases/us-v-fricosu...
Cicero on Conversation and Friendship
I had enrolled in The School of Life, an academy of “self-help” on Bloomsbury’s Marchmont Street, co-founded by philosopher Alain de Botton. For about £30 per session, students can take classes with resident “fellows” of the school on subjects such as “How to fill the...
Review: From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market
I recently received an email from Lawyer Avenue, asking if I would like a review copy of From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market by Richard L. Hermann. Hermann is a professor at Concord Law School and ran Attorneyjobs.com before it was sold to...
Marc Randazza: 1st Amendment Lawyer Exemplar
If you’re in law school or a new lawyer, you might not have heard the name Marc Randazza just yet…But if you stick around legal, copyright, or technology blogs long enough you will. I don’t know Randazza personally, but I have long...
Your Laptop is NOT Private at US Customs
It’s a little rough around the edges, but here is a video on encryption, US border crossings, and electronic devices. It’s based off of this post from about year ago about the USA v. Cotterman case. I put it together as an experiment as I think...
MLK Day – From Birmingham
Normally I take my son to his school in the suburbs during the week. But he’s been sick this weekend with a fever so I took him downtown to my wife’s hospital this morning to stay in their on-site ill child care. Traffic was light and not many cars driving...
The Inverse of Informative
Compare: I’ll be arriving at John F Kennedy airport on Friday evening; please meet the British Airways Concorde flight. Arr JFK Fri pm, pls mt BA Cncrd flt At first blush, I imagine many will lament the latter as a denigration of speech by young people immersed in...
True Victory is Victory Over the Self
An old year falls, a new one rises. People will dedicate to change. They will tell themselves that this year will be different. They will commit to change their appearance, their friends, their family, their job. Goals will be set. Plans will be made. Motivation will...Sidebar
