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Linked – US and EU reject expanding laptop ban to flights from Europe
“US and EU officials have decided against a ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Europe. But after a four-hour meeting in Brussels to discuss the threats to aviation security, officials said other measures were still being considered.” I’m glad someone came to their senses, but I’m still concerned about the…
Linked – Most people worry about deepfakes – and overestimate their ability to spot them
Maybe those easy-to-spot ones are lulling us into a sense of overconfidence. What will we do when something is done with more effort and better quality? Heck, enough folks are being fooled by the poor ones because they display something they want to believe. None of us should assume we’d always know.
Linked – Test Your Searches Before the Meet and Confer
If you’ve been in one of my classes, you’re familiar with some examples of why you want to run a search hit report early on, especially before you’ve agreed to the terms! I’ve shared my own experiences many times with students. What made that process difficult was the negotiation with opposing counsel. My client had…
More MS anti-spyware stuff
Reading a couple of things today about the anti-spyware app got me thinking more about the future of the product, and how a full release will go. There’s two thoughts running right now for me, what I want, and what I’m afraid of. What I want is it to be free, and part of Windows…
Linked – DNA blunder creates phantom serial killer
I’ve heard it said often that shows like CSI have created this expectation by jurors that they see the DNA evidence, or that there is simple magic in DNA evidence, or poor security camera footage. Turns out, that expectation that the DNA always tells the story, might need to be looked at again: “The only…
Life online
I was off-line most of the weekend, spending some time with the wife, celebrating Saint Patricks’s Day, attending the “Survivor’s Party” the next night at Byrne’s Pub, etc. I finally got on-line Sunday evening to discover that the phpBB software on my child abuse site had been hacked, this site was, for some reason, not…
