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EFF, ALC sue Homeland Security over laptop, gadget searches

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2008-02-08 15:44:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...EFF sure has set it sights high with its latest lawsuit, with it now teaming up with the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) to sue the Department of Homeland Security over laptop and gadget searches and other alleged infringements of civil liberties at U.S. borders. Specifically, the two groups are asking for the DHS to disclose its policies on...
 
Tags: homeland security, eff, dhs, public information requests, asian law caucus, laptop, civil liberties, electronic devices, alc
 
 
 
 
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EFF's Guide to Border Laptop Searches [Laptops]

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2008-05-16 19:20:00 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...EFF has some tips. There's having multiple encrypted partitions, having secure passwords, shutting off your machine before searches and destroying naughty stuff semi-permanently with shredding applications. Hit up the link for more privacy tips. [ EFF
 
Tags: eff, privacy tips, tips, laptop, secure passwords, naughty stuff, vacation pics, random dudes, customs officials
 
 
 
 
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Judge Rules Making Files Available Doesnt Constitute Copyright Violation [Riaa]

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2008-04-04 18:00:00 by posted by Pantha in
...EFF , it's the most "extensive analysis yet of the recording industry's 'making available' argument", but doesn't actually make things better for people who are being sued by the RIAA. The same judge ruled that even though the "offer to distribute" won't be enough to decide a case, it is enough to permit a lawsuit to move forward. On the...
 
Tags: judge, copyright, boston judge, judge ruled, constitute copyright infringement, ruled, offer, files, extensive analysis
 
 
 
 
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Judge Rules Making Files 'Available' Doesn't Constitute Copyright Violation [Riaa]

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2008-04-04 14:00:00 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...EFF , it's the most "extensive analysis yet of the recording industry's 'making available' argument", but doesn't actually make things better for people who are being sued by the RIAA. The same judge ruled that even though the "offer to distribute" won't be enough to decide a case, it is enough to permit a lawsuit to move forward. On the...
 
Tags: judge, copyright, boston judge, judge ruled, constitute copyright infringement, ruled, offer, files, extensive analysis
 
 
 
 
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EFFs Guide to Border Laptop Searches [Laptops]

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2008-05-16 23:20:00 by posted by Pantha in
...EFF has some tips. There's having multiple encrypted partitions, having secure passwords, shutting off your machine before searches and destroying naughty stuff semi-permanently with shredding applications. Hit up the link for more privacy tips. [ EFF
 
Tags: privacy tips, tips, laptop, secure passwords, naughty stuff, vacation pics, random dudes, eff, customs officials
 
 
 
 
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Broadcast Flag rides again, courtesy of NBC & Microsoft?

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2008-05-18 16:28:00 by Richard Lawler in Engadget
...efforts to close the analog hole , our old friend the broadcast flag (don't remember what that is and how it was defeated ? Take a quick trip back to 2005 with us) has reared its ugly head again. Displaying the kind of tenacity rarely seen outside of horror movie villains and potential presidential candidates, some Vista Media Center users...
 
Tags: broadcast flag, record broadcast tv, horror movie villains, home entertainment, quick trip, potential presidential, remotely disable, fcc regulation, media pcs
 
 
 
 
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Broadcast Flag rides again, courtesy of NBC & Microsoft?

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2008-05-18 21:28:00 by posted by Pantha in
...efforts to close the analog hole , our old friend the broadcast flag (don't remember what that is and how it was defeated ? Take a quick trip back to 2005 with us) has reared its ugly head again. Displaying the kind of tenacity rarely seen outside of horror movie villains and potential presidential candidates, some Vista Media Center users...
 
Tags: broadcast flag, record broadcast tv, horror movie villains, home entertainment, quick trip, potential presidential, remotely disable, fcc regulation, media pcs
 
 
 
 
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Broadcast Flag rides again, courtesy of NBC & Microsoft?

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2008-05-18 21:28:00 by posted by Pantha in
...efforts to close the analog hole , our old friend the broadcast flag (don't remember what that is and how it was defeated ? Take a quick trip back to 2005 with us) has reared its ugly head again. Displaying the kind of tenacity rarely seen outside of horror movie villains and potential presidential candidates, some Vista Media Center users...
 
Tags: broadcast flag, record broadcast tv, horror movie villains, home entertainment, quick trip, potential presidential, remotely disable, fcc regulation, media pcs
 
 
 
 
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Think Secret Shuts Down After Settlement With Apple: Author "Pleased"

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2007-12-20 05:00:00 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...EFF stepped in with legal help. Almost three years later, the case has been settled. Ciarelli gets to keep his sources secret, but has shut down Think Secret. The terms are confidential, so we don't know what Apple got out of the settlement, other than the death of a rumor mill In a short press release, Ciarelli says "I'm pleased to have...
 
Tags: apple, secret, apple rumor site, sources secret, apple lawsuit, aka nick ciarelli, ciarelli, settlement, short press release