Internet Access Providers Aren't Bound by DMCA Unmasking Subpoenas–In Re Cox(blog.ericgoldman.org)

130 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 16 comments

Section 230 Immunizes OnlyFans for User-Uploaded Video–DOE vs. Fenix(blog.ericgoldman.org)

41 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 49 comments

Another Conflict Between Privacy Laws and Age Authentication–Murphy v Confirm ID(blog.ericgoldman.org)

108 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 76 comments

Ticketmaster’s attempt to game arbitration services fails(blog.ericgoldman.org)

276 points by hn_acker 2 years ago | 115 comments

My Reddit AMA on the Law of Web Scraping(blog.ericgoldman.org)

74 points by speckx 14 days ago | 15 comments

Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog post sharing his introduction to a Reddit AMA on r/WebScrapingInsider about the law of web scraping.

Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law(blog.ericgoldman.org)

80 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 45 comments

So you want to parse a PDF?(eliot-jones.com)

369 points by UglyToad 1 year ago | 199 comments

Blog post by Eliot Jones explaining how PDF parsing should work per the spec, covering headers, cross-reference tables, object offsets and trailers, and its real-world pitfalls.

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts(washingtonpost.com)

642 points by Despegar 1 year ago | 925 comments

Washington Post exclusive reporting that the U.K. secretly ordered Apple to provide blanket access to users' encrypted iCloud backups worldwide.

Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics(ihavenapkinthoughts.substack.com)

158 points by viraj_shah 28 days ago | 201 comments

Substack post analyzing Burning Man 2026 deaths against age-standardized national death rates, arguing its historically low rate reflects selection bias.

Hacker in Snowflake extortions may be a U.S. soldier(krebsonsecurity.com)

329 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 183 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation suggesting the hacker Kiberphant0m, linked to Snowflake customer data extortions, may be a U.S. Army soldier stationed in South Korea.

Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf](signal.org)

630 points by g0xA52A2A 4 months ago | 270 comments

Signal's PDF statement opposing a UK government demand that all content on devices be scanned for nudity using age verification and content scanning.

The Future Is Niri(ersei.net)

388 points by mattjhall 1 year ago | 202 comments

A personal blog post giving the author's opinion on the Niri scrollable tiling Wayland compositor after years of using Sway and i3.