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Judges Skeptical of NSA in 1st Cell Phone Metadata Appeals Case
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The first of two parallel challenges to the NSA's cell phone metadata gathering program reached a federal appeals court this week, and if the judges' comments...
License Plate Scanners: When Should Public Information Be Private?
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
The Los Angeles Police Department has about 242 cameras mounted on police cars throughout its fleet. That's not unusual, but the cameras are always on and...
Apple iCloud Hacked, Celebrity Nudes Leaked. But How?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Jennifer Lawrence. Kirsten Dunst. Kate Upton. Hope Solo. Victoria Justice. The biggest celebrity nude photo hack in history went down over the weekend, with...
Backlash Against Tech in School: No Laptops, No Email?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
For anyone who has graduated in the last ten years from law school: How did you take notes in class? For the vast majority of us, it was on a laptop. And we...
Can You 'Share' Your 'Rental' with the Disabled?
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
By now, hopefully we've grown up and realized the fiction that is the "sharing" economy; that is, it's not a lot of "sharing" but a lot of "regular economy."...
Cloud Storage Price Wars: Best Free and Paid Options
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Remember when everyone offered free email? At a certain point, it didn't matter which one you picked because they were all free. The only differentiator was...