Privacy & Intellectual Property
Web Framing of Images Is Not Copyright Violation Per Berlin Court
Framing is a technique where content hosted on one website is displayed within a section of a page on another website.
Google Location Lawsuit: Make Them Pay Until It Hurts
Google's leaders refuse to respect privacy. Their latest location monitoring scandal demands harsh penalties.
Top EU Court Decides Posting Content Online Does Not Weaken Copyrights
May a child download a photo she found online, then add it to her school's website? No, says the EU's Court of Justice.
International Study Suggests Net Piracy Is Falling
A survey of 35,000 people in 13 countries showed a connection between piracy and income. However, the financial backers of the research have their own reasons to downplay piracy.
UK Court Extends “Very Effective” Block on Pirate Football Streams
Pirate servers used to stream English Premier League games will be legally blocked by ISPs for the duration of the 2018/19 season.
How to Secure Email
There have been several attempts to improve the security and privacy of email. A new academic paper explores why each attempt has struggled to gain acceptance.
Telcos and Internet Giants Join Forces to Fight Californian Privacy Law
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast oppose new online privacy rights for Californians.
8 AT&T Peering Sites Identified as NSA Spying Hubs
Obtaining traffic from AT&T peering nodes is an efficient way for US electronic spies to monitor targets well beyond their borders.
US Telcos Cut Off Location Data Middlemen
Telco bosses were quick to distance themselves from 'shady' data brokers but many details about lax sharing of location data remain unresolved.
Dutch Court Rules Against Business Selling Hyperlinks to Unlicensed Films
The decision further clarified what should be considered essential to the act of copyright piracy on the internet.
FIFA Threatens to Sue over Saudi Pirate TV Showing World Cup
Pirate TV provider beoutQ blatantly copies the feed of beIN Sports, but FIFA must be pragmatic about Saudi copyright abuse.
Ex-Panama President to Face Wiretap Charges
Ricardo Martinelli has powerful friends but the US approved his extradition so he can be tried for using advanced tech to spy on the comms of other Panamanian politicians.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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