Policy & Law Archive

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  ACLU finds US police departments regularly track phone location, usually without a warrant

  By Dieter Bohn on April 2, 2012 10:32 pm + 21 comments

  The American Civil Liberties Union has conducted a study in which it requested information from over Continue reading…

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  ISPs and entertainment industry kick off copyright enforcement center

  By T.C. Sottek on April 2, 2012 04:19 pm + 57 comments

  The entertainment industry and the largest US internet service providers have been working together Continue reading…

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  Apple bows to EU pressure, clarifies two-year statutory warranty coverage

  By Jamie Keene on April 2, 2012 10:05 am + 37 comments

  Apple has announced that its statutory warranty period in Europe will be extended to two years, Continue reading…

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  Chinese hackers and the Shadow Network

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 2, 2012 08:54 am + 2 comments

  It seems like every week there's another story in the news about nebulous hackers from China Continue reading…

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  US court adopts Apple's broad interpretation of scrolling patent, rejects Motorola's

  By Matt Macari on April 1, 2012 09:32 pm + 88 comments

  Apple won an important victory on Thursday against Motorola in the form of a claim construction Continue reading…

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  Proposed UK legislation could allow for monitoring email and internet browsing activity without a warrant

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 1, 2012 01:16 pm + 70 comments

  The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would require service providers to share web Continue reading…

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  EFF files brief on behalf of Megaupload user, requests 'the rightful return' of his video files

  By Bryan Bishop on April 1, 2012 04:19 am + 22 comments

  You may recall that the user files contained on Megaupload's servers — some 25 petabytes worth — Continue reading…

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  Foursquare revokes location API for 'Girls Around Me' app

  By Dieter Bohn on March 30, 2012 08:44 pm + 24 comments

  Yesterday, Cult of Mac posted a long and useful read meditating on the intersection of social Continue reading…

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  Senator Al Franken: 'privacy is a casualty' of Google and Facebook's success

  By Nilay Patel on March 30, 2012 01:46 pm + 75 comments

  Senator Al Franken gave a rousing speech to the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section last Continue reading…

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  Fewer traffic deaths occurred following California's ban on hand-held cell use

  By Jamie Keene on March 30, 2012 12:51 pm + 37 comments

  The total number of fatalities from auto accidents in California has fallen by 22 percent since the Continue reading…