Reading recently about a vulnerability in Google Glass that can be exploited if a victim takes a picture of a malicious QR code made me think about one of the current trends in absentee balloting. A number of localities in the US are trying out absentee ballot schemes where a voter goes to a website […]
Take Over My Dream Job: Associate Director at CITP
July 9, 2013 by
Nearly four years ago, I joined the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton as Associate Director. The CITP community is a fantastic collection of smart and funny people who work passionately on all aspects of information technology policy. It was my dream job, so it was bittersweet when I accepted a new job working […]
On the Legal Importance of Viewing Genes as Code
June 14, 2013 by
The Supreme Court yesterday issued its opinion in the much–awaited Myriad case, which challenged the validity of patents on isolated human genes. The Court held that the isolated genetic sequences claimed in Myriad’s patents did not satisfy the inventive threshold for patentability, although the complementary DNA (cDNA) claimed in the patents did. One of the […]
Joel Reidenberg Named the Inaugural Microsoft Visiting Professor of Information Technology Policy
June 3, 2013 by
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton is pleased to announce the appointment of the first-ever Microsoft Visiting Professor of Information Technology Policy. Professor Joel Reidenberg of Fordham Law School is a well-known scholar in internet law, privacy, and cybersecurity. While visiting, he will collaborate on research with the CITP community and teach an […]
CALEA II: Risks of wiretap modifications to endpoints
May 16, 2013 by
Today I joined a group of twenty computer scientists in issuing a report criticizing an FBI plan to require makers of secure communication tools to redesign their systems to make wiretapping easy. We argue that the plan would endanger the security of U.S. users and the competitiveness of U.S. companies, without making it much harder […]
