by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog Entry, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the postcard-vs.-envelope dept. Alfred Anaya was a custom stereo installer who branched out to making secret compartments for valuables, who the DEA sent to prison as a co-conspirator when a drug dealer used his creation to smuggle drugs. But Wired points out the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the who’s-to-blame dept. We have a sense that surveillance is bad, but we often have a hard time saying exactly why. In an interesting and readable new article in the Harvard Law Review, law professor Neil Richards argues that surveillance is bad for two...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
We’re all used to changing society over a weekend of coding. But changing the values of society takes much, much longer than that, and it requires all of us to keep patiently explaining what we understand to those who don’t. Here’s a primer on how. I founded the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | DATA, HEALTH, LAW, MONEY
It’s a fact of life that we’re all going to die at some point. While it’s not something you probably want to think about, you can make things a lot easier on yourself (and your family) if you get everything in order now. Here’s what you need to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, LAW, NERD NEWS
from the bending-the-rules dept. Via the EFF comes news that, during a case involving the use of a Stingray device, the DOJ revealed that it was standard practice to use the devices without explicitly requesting permission in warrants. “When Rigmaiden filed a...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HEALTH, LAW, NERD NEWS
from the nothing-to-see-here-move-along dept. Responding to an earlier request by the estate of Aaron Swartz to disclose the names of those involved in the events leading to Aaron’s suicide, counsel for MIT snippily told the Court, “The Swartz Estate was...
