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…
Category: Security
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…
Links for Week of June 30, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Counterman v. Colorado, which is concerning for its potentially chilling effect on other online stalking cases. Counterman v. Colorado
Links for Week of June 2, 2023
This week, a group of AI researchers issued a warning regarding mitigating the risk of extinction caused by AI. Further, security expert Bruce Schneier summarizes the articles coming out recently about a report detailing Chinese hacking of the US critical infrastructure. Note – due to external obligations, the next post will be the week of…
Links for Week of May 26, 2023
This week, more on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Warhol case. Further, CISA published a useful guide for reducing the risk of ransomware. And, Meta was hit with a record privacy fine (1.2 billion Euros) over GDPR compliance. Copyright and Fair Use Ransomware Privacy