Scary Description of New Hungarian Secret Police
In Paul Krugman's blog at the NYT, his colleague Kim Lane Scheppele has been periodically writing about the recent radical changes in Hungarian government. Today she wrote about the TEK,…
New Phones! Now With More Personal ID!
Just in case anyone had trouble making the argument that our cell phones are actually personally identifying despite our ability to leave them at home, it looks like we might…
7th Circuit OKs Limited Warrantless Cell Phone Search
The 7th Circuit ruled that police can search your cell phone for your phone number without a warrant. Judge Posner justified this by saying that it wasn't that big an…
Your IP address is just like a zip code! Thanks, Google!
Google has a new ad campaign in the NY subways! "You live in Peoria. Do you really need a plumber from New York? We didn’t think so. Imagine the…
Natural Language Versus the Fourth Amendment on Search
(x-posted from Coffee House Talks) In doing the initial framing for an article on how to apply Helen Nissenbaum's theory of Contextual Integrity to the 4th Amendment, it has become…