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Media companies investigating data leak uncover global abuse of cyber-surveillance technology

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NSO Group’s lawyers maintain that the technology was not designed for this purpose, and points to contractual obligations of purchasers to only use the malware to fight serious crime and terrorism. Even then, the prevailing assumption is that the spy must be a specific person and not ambiguous malware or other autonomous technologies.

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DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies

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Yet, the Department of Justice has been funding the crime surveillance and analysis technology for years and continues to do so despite criticism from researchers, privacy advocates and members of Congress.

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Top Criminal Justice Technology for Lawyers

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Criminal justice technology is a popular topic, thanks in part to television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Unfortunately, Hollywood’s depiction of criminal justice tech, while exciting, only tells part of the story. What Is Criminal Justice Technology?

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Survey Says Gen AI Puts Law Librarians and KM Professionals At Risk of Obsolescence

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Barely a week before the American Association of Law Libraries descends on Boston for its annual convention , a survey out today of legal professionals views on generative AI finds finds that a majority of them believe that librarians and others involved in knowledge management and research are at risk of obsolescence.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 20, 2024

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On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Advocacy groups oppose Senate encryption bill over privacy protection concerns

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US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal on Monday reintroduced the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies, or EARN IT Act. This would not only put private users at risk of privacy violations, but would damage the technological safe harbors put in place for hospitals, schools, and airports.

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On LawNext: Rasa Legal Founder Noella Sudbury On Simplifying Criminal Records Expungement

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Noella Sudbury became interested in the issue of criminal records expungement soon after law school, while working as a criminal defense lawyer. Last year, Rasa was selected as the 2022 Access to Justice winner at the American Legal Technology Awards. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.

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