Google negotiating with FTC over Safari cookie bypass
The FTC may have learned from the backlash over the $25,000 fine the FCC imposed on Google for intercepting wireless traffic with its Street View cars. According to a published…
Rear-view cameras to be required by 2014
Roger FordFederal regulators are expected to announce this week that by 2014 all passenger cars will be required to come with rear-view cameras to help passengers see what's behind them…
Eleventh Circuit: suspect can invoke Fifth Amendment and refuse to decrypt hard drive
Roger FordThe Eleventh Circuit held Thursday, in a case with the inauspicious name of In re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 25, 2011 (pdf link), that a suspect…
HOPE 9 call for speakers
The ninth Hackers On Planet Earth conference will take place in New York on July 13-15, 2012. Organizers have issued a call for speakers on a wide variety of topics,…
FTC settles privacy complaint against Facebook
Facebook has announced its long-rumored privacy settlement with Facebook. The complaint focuses on several allegedly deceptive acts by Facebook, as listed in the press release:In December 2009, Facebook changed its…
EPIC files FTC complaint against Verizon
As a follow-up to Helen's post about Verizon's new privacy practices, EPIC has filed an FTC complaint alleging that the move amounts to an unlawful trade practice.
Android orphans and the update problem for smartphone security and privacy
Michael Degusta has a wonderful blog post up about the history of missing software updates for Android smartphones, compared to Apple's iPhone. A sample: In this chart, green blocks represent…