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San Bernardino Sheriff Used Stingray 300 Times: Ars Technica
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
The Stingray, you'll recall from our many stories about it, is one of our favorite bits of nefarious surveillance technology. Many of the details about the...
Android's Factory Reset Feature May Leave User Data Behind
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
If you're one of the millions of people out there with an Android phone, then you may have a problem. Last week, a research paper revealed that Android phones...
Google Invents Unspeakable, Cuddly Terror
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gee, how could someone combine the worst elements of Google Glass and Teddy Ruxpin into one creepy, privacy-chilling,...
IRS Data Breach Exposes Tax Returns and Weak Security
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The IRS announced yesterday that it had suffered a data breach with allowed criminals to gain access to the tax return information of more than 100,000 tax...
Preparing for Another Computer Search Case at SCOTUS
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
The private search doctrine's applicability to computers will probably make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, thanks to a recent Sixth Circuit decision in...
Another Day, Another Data Breach: More Lessons for Lawyers
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Up to 1.1 million customers may have had their data stolen when CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan, was hacked on Wednesday. According to the...