As I write this, there is a huge outage affecting much of the Internet caused by a faulty software update from cloud provider CloudStrike. We also learned this week that AT&T had a massive data breach in 2022 that affected nearly every customer. Internet Outage AT&T Data Breach
Category: Security
Links for Week of June 21, 2024
This week, I liked Bruce Schneier’s article on Democracy and AI. I also thought it was interesting how Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, introduced during WWDC earlier this month, actually works. AI and Democracy Apple – Private Cloud Compute
Links for Week of May 3, 2024
May I be the first to say for tomorrow, May the 4th Be With You! (Seriously, though, it was a fun little joke which got commercialized.) This week, I liked an article by Daly Barnett on the current state of digital threats to reproductive rights. The UK implemented a law banning default passwords on smart…
Links for Week of February 2, 2024
This week, LLRX had a nice article on just how many companies can track an individual Facebook user. Legal blogger and author of Solo By Choice, Carolyn Elefant, recently published her free best practices guide to AI implementation within law firms. And, TechDirt had a nice article on the fact that Ring will no longer…
Links for Week of December 8, 2023
This week, news broke that Apple and Google were giving US government sources information from push notifications on smartphones. These companies had been under orders not to reveal the program’s existence, but now that the news of the program was out there the companies could notify users appropriately if future requests were made. I also…
Links for Week of November 24, 2023
This Thanksgiving week, the AI news was dominated with the leadership of OpenAI. Sam Altman was ousted, and then restored to CEO status with a new Board of Directors. I’m sure this will make a good movie someday. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s article on Creative Commons and AI training. Further, news broke of a secretive…
Links for Week of November 17, 2023
This week, I liked Gene Spafford’s reminisces of the original Internet worm from 1988. The Copyright Office reflects on 18 months of the Copyright Claim Board. Just for fun, be sure to check out the Museum of Internet Artifacts. Cybersecurity – Original Internet Worm Copyright Claim Board Museum of Internet Artifacts
Links for Week of September 1, 2023
This week, an article I wrote for my firm’s blog on privacy law updates was posted. CircleID’s article regarding hospitals being the subject of cyberattacks was interesting due to their advice to expect the hospitals to have a month of downtime. I also liked ArsTechnica’s reporting on sports leagues requesting instantaneous DMCA takedowns in their…
Links for Week of July 28, 2023
This week, the SEC announced a rule that will take effect later this year requiring publicly traded companies to report cybersecurity incidents within 4 days. I also liked the guest blog post by Professors Chon and Farley on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Abitron v. Hetronic. SEC and Cybersecurity Abitron v. Hetronic
Links for Week of July 21, 2023
So what has your AI been trained upon? A group of authors requests that their copyrighted works not be used for that purpose. Further, for many years American military emails (.MIL) have been mis-sent to Mali (.ML) due to typos. Now, that domain is being transferred back to that country’s control. Finally, I was very…