Adobe Security Breach Worse Than Originally Thought

Up to 38 million and counting.

And it looks like Source Code from flagship products like Reader and Flash were breached too.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2059002/adobe-security-breach-worse-than-originally-thought.html

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Mobile Apps May Violate FCRA, says FTC

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/02/120206mobileappsletter.pdf

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Security Cameras Used for Studying Consumer Behaviors

The data is simply too valuable to ignore. Strictly speaking there is nothing overly problematic about it, so long as the cameras are visible, disclosures are proper and not misleading in any way.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39552/?p1=A2

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Encryption and the Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination

http://volokh.com/2012/01/24/encrytion-and-the-fifth-amendment-right-against-self-incrimination/

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Is it a Crime to Have Racist WIFI Network Name?

1st Amendment would almost surely say "no".  The regulatory reach of the FCC over these networks may possibly result in a "yes" answer. The Volokh Conspiracy comments on this, persuasively arguing to uphold 1st Amendment rights, even of scoundrels who pedal hate.

http://volokh.com/2012/01/20/crime-to-have-a-racist-wifi-network-name/

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Facebook Attempt to Criminalize Conduct of Third Party Service Offering, Overreaches and Harms Innovation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a district court judge Tuesday to block Facebook's attempts to criminalize an add-on service that helped users aggregate all of their social networking data in one place.

Power Ventures created a web-based tool to let users view information from different social networking accounts in the same browser window, enabling them to get a complete picture of what's happening across various platforms. Facebook has been trying to kill the service for several years and is currently claiming that criminal computer intrusion laws were violated when Facebook's users logged into their Facebook accounts automatically using Power's aggregation tool. In an amicus brief filed Tuesday, EFF argues that Facebook's claims are wrong legally and dangerous as a matter of policy.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/facebook-ploy-criminalize-add-service-hurts-users-and-innovation

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El Al, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and 3 Banks Have Their Networks Hacked, Websites Shut Down

Hackers recently shut down the Web sites for both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al Airlines, and three Israeli banks.

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/hackers/tel-aviv-stock-exchange-el-al-hacked.html

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Massachusetts Court Dismisses Zip Code Suit for Failure to Allege Cognizable Injury

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Michaels Stores, Inc.’s (“Michaels”) a motion to dismiss against a customer-plaintiff who alleged that Michaels’ in-store information collection practices violated Massachusetts law. Although the court ruled in Michaels’ favor, it found that customer ZIP codes do constitute personal information under Massachusetts state law when collected in the context of a credit card transaction.

http://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2012/01/articles/massachusetts-court-dismisses-zip-code-suit-for-failure-to-allege-a-cognizable-injury/

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