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Boston Court's Meddling With 'Full Disclosure' Is Unwelcome

2008-08-21 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...courts have recently grappled with the computer-security norm of "full disclosure," asking whether researchers should be permitted to disclose details of a fare-card vulnerability that allows people to ride the subway for free The "Oyster card" used on the London Tube was at issue in the Dutch case, and a similar fare card used on the Boston...
 
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Court: Government Must Reveal Watch-List Status to Constantly Detained Americans

2008-04-25 01:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Eight Americans suing the government over repeated stops at the border can see whether they have been put on the government's terror watch list, a court ruled last week. The court ruled against the government's invocation of national security and the plaintiffs will be the first to learn whether their names are on the 800,000-name list
 
Tags: government, list, court ruled, 000-name list, americans, national security, plaintiffs, names, week
 
 
 
 
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D.C. Gun Ban Lifted - Thank You Supreme Court!

2008-06-27 02:23:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Court's decision, even though it is well known that the Mayor is a fierce opponent of allowing law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their loved ones with the aid of a firearm. Mayor Fenty was later qoted as saying; "More guns will mean more crimes Apparently the Mayor's flawed and at this stage, thread-bare reasoning, did not...
 
Tags: mayor, mayor fenty, supreme court, virginia home, virginia, mayor acted, home, law, guns
 
 
 
 
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Court bars company from online sale of phone records

2008-01-28 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. court in Wyoming has ordered a Web-based information broker to stop selling telephone records without owners' consent and to turn over nearly US$200,000 in profits from the operation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday
 
Tags: federal trade commission, court, telephone records, information broker, stop, profits, monday, us200, owners
 
 
 
 
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German court ruling is good news for privacy activists

2008-02-27 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3aa50 in Network World on Security
 
Digital rights activists Wednesday celebrated reports of a decision by Germany's Constitutional Court that limits authorities' ability to secretly collect data from individuals' personal computers Fundamental Principles of Network Security Advertisement Protect the organization. Learn the 'Need To Know' aspects of network security. Free...
 
Tags: network security, secretly collect data, limits authorities, constitutional court, personal computers, fundamental principles, free paper, advertisement, protect
 
 
 
 
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Rights groups seek court OK to intervene in Wikileaks case

2008-02-28 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU are among a growing number of public interest groups trying to get a federal court judge to reconsider a decision shuttering a whistle-blower Web site
 
Tags: whistle-blower web site, federal court judge, electronic frontier foundation, aclu, reconsider, public, decision
 
 
 
 
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Appeals court gives Qwest's Nacchio a new trial

2008-03-17 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
An appeals court grants former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio a new trial on securities fraud charges
 
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Supreme Court rejects Microsoft's appeal in Novell case

2008-03-17 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by Microsoft to halt an antitrust suit Novell filed concerning WordPerfect and QuattroPro
 
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Heartbroken mother of slain children speaks out about the Montgommery County court system

2008-04-06 19:39:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...court system needs to better understand mental illness and her case is living testimony to this. Mark Castillo had been diagnosed with depression and had been invouluntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in 2006 after planning to kill himself One wonders why the courts could not take this into consideration when allowing him...
 
Tags: castillo, mark castillo, amy castillo, court system, dangerous behavior, degree murder, castillo takes, baltimore hotel bathtub, slow bogged-down system