Some recent links I found particularly interesting on Twitter include:

Net Neutrality Case Heads to D.C. Circuit

A challenge to the FCC’s new Network Neutrality rules will be heard by the D.C. Circuit, which in the past has been tough on the FCC.

Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet

It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when higher up military leaders learn that their drones have been infected with a computer virus from reading this article in WIRED.

Tracking the Trackers: When Everyone Knows Your Username

Jonathan Mayer’s article describing his research into web usage tracking is an excellent read.

Hacked!

If you’ve ever had your email hacked, you can sympathize with this great article from the Atlantic.

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This week’s @cyberlaw links are interesting to me for many reasons:

Heading Off Privacy Problems—Before They Arise

I thought this article by Julia Angwin was a good look at how some companies are undertaking “privacy-impact assessments” before undertaking new initiatives.  There’s nothing like heading off problems at the pass, and it is good to add privacy considerations to your normal checklist of items to consider before things go out the door.

Is Printing a Gun the Same as Buying One?

John Bigg’s article was very interesting to me because 3-d printing is becoming more prevalent. The article looks at the problems that arise when an item that would normally require a permit to purchase (the lower receiver for an AR-15 rifle) can be printed at home on the device you made. 3-d printers like Makerbot’s raise concerns, as John points out:

“I find it fascinating that we’re even asking these questions at this point. The fact that we are now able to manufacture usable weapon parts is an important step in the evolution of fabrication and manufacture and, if I were a weapons giant, I’d start rethinking my sales strategies. When a company of rebels can print their own AK-47s (a concept that is still a ways off), whose fault is it? The person who made the plans? The fabricator? The company whose rifles they copied?”

Stay tuned, this debate will have far reaching implications in years to come.

Typosquatting Continues to Pose Dangers to Enterprises, Consumers

Mary Roach’s article did a good job pointing out the concern with “doppelganger” websites – which are like a typical typosquatting domain, but instead of being a misspelling it’s merely missing an important dot, like “mailyahoo.com” instead of “mail.yahoo.com.”  This is one case where proactive defensive registrations can be quite helpful, which Mary recommends along with other good advice.

US Net Neutrality Rules Finalized, In Effect November 20

I’ve been following the Net Neutrality debate for years, and now the FCC’s still-controversial final “open-internet” rules [PDF] will be in effect on November 20, 2011. Now, the legal challenges can begin.

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From Twitter, here are some recent links of interest:
- Saving to read later: The Great Cyberheist – http://is.gd/gUJ0H
- Interesting article on the licensing fees Netflix is paying for its streaming content – http://is.gd/gncOW

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Here are some other recent updates from Twitter:
- For the first time ever, companies report that electronic theft surpassed physical theft – http://is.gd/g8RcW
- Interesting NPR story on the business of burying Internet search results – http://is.gd/g8fUQ
- Article on the business of data scraping from the WSJ – http://is.gd/fYFwB
- Nice article on the Pentagon’s new Cyber Warriors – http://is.gd/fOePF

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The transcript of the interview can be found here.

Thanks again, Lance, for the opportunity.

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May 25th is Towel Day every year, in honor of Douglas Adams, so please bring your towels to:

Aria Bar, at the Fairmont Chicago hotel
200 North Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

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We start at 6 PM.

Hosts are @blawgreview and @insidecounsel. More information on the meetup is here. The hope is that some people attending the SuperConference will like to stop down and meet some of the best legal minds. And, we get to be social with social media!

Those who have indicated they are coming are:

@adriandayton – Adrian Dayton
@amyderby – Amy Derby
@Chris_McGeehan – Chris McGeehan
@CW_Schneider – Chris Schneider
@cyberlaw – Kevin Thompson (that’s me!)
@dgulbran – Dave! Gulbransen
@econwriter5 – Gwynne Monahan
@internetcases – Evan Brown
@JeremyKissel – Jeremy Kissel
@Kashhill – Kashmir Hill
@Molly_McDonough – Molly McDonough
@pzura – Peter Zura
@rdd – R. David Donoghue
@scottgreenfield – Scott Greenfield
@windypundit – Windy Pundit – Mark Draughn

If you are coming, and are not on this list, please direct message or @reply me on Twitter.

Ed Post
Dave! Gulbransen
Kevin Thompson

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- New WPA encryption hack – To be secure, wifi users should switch to WPA-2 or WPA-AES standards. http://is.gd/2C7FL
- RT @CanadianPI: The security risks of “Free Public WiFi” http://bit.ly/9INRj
- More SCO lawsuit news coming, thanks to the 10th Cir. overturning the 2007 decision re: ownership of UNIX – http://is.gd/2xY4C
- RT @HostExploit: The US-CCU issues a report on a one year old cyberwar because? http://bit.ly/j7wkH
- RT @windycitizen: 7 crimes you can commit that cost less than downloading music. http://windycitizen.com/wdzF
- Wow, predictive blacklisting could block internet attacks before they happen – http://is.gd/2oAkL
- Interesting study of the M. Jackson death coverage on Twitter – “Detecting Sadness in 140 Characters.” http://is.gd/2osvD
- Reading about the latest Facebook privacy lawsuit, it’s a laugher. http://is.gd/2mPbG
- Reading how yesterday’s Twitter and Facebook outages were DDOS attacks against one user in the Republic of Georgia – http://is.gd/26O8b
- From NetworkWorld, a Latvian ISP was cut off by its upstream provider due to ties to cybercrime. http://is.gd/24Tmq
- The acting Cybersecurity Czar has stepped down. http://is.gd/22a0V

Enjoy,
Kevin

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