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Introduction It was recently discovered that Baltimore, MD—a city known for its aggressive policing of black communities, had used cell site simulators (“CS simulators”) to surveil these communities over 4,300 times in the last eight years. 4,300 already seems like a considerable figure; however, comparing it to the number of simulators deployed in New York […]

Introduction “Big Data” is the bogeyman of the information age: powerful, and as ill-defined as it is abstractly threatening. Broadly, it encompasses “technology that maximize[s] computational power and algorithmic accuracy”; “types of analyses that draw on a range of tools to clean and compare data”; and the underlying belief in the correlation between the size […]

“We are not a law firm or a substitute for an attorney or law firm. We cannot provide any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms or strategies.” When machines take the place of persons in providing certain services, what is considered a marketable skill […]

Widespread access to the Internet, multimedia messaging, and a myriad of other advances in communications technology over the past few decades have made it easier than ever to share information, but more difficult than ever to control information. The many positive results of this evolution, however, are marred by the ease with which it has […]

The burgeoning development of automated vehicle technology has been an increasing focus of journalists and scholars since major technology companies such as Google announced plans to develop the systems several years ago.. Coupled with the excitement over the technology’s potential advantages has come a slew of controversies pertaining to the safety of such technology, and […]

Astronomers across the globe marveled at news that a Russian radio telescope detected a uniquely strong signal of unknown origin, coming from the direction of a solar system akin to our own. The signal’s strength, much greater than noise power generally detected by the Russian satellite, was consistent with something extraterrestrial. As researchers analyze and […]

Healthcare is in the midst of a mobile revolution, and it will only be a matter of time before mobile healthcare applications (“apps”) change how we deliver, consume, measure, and pay for healthcare. The rapid pace of innovation and broad applicability of mobile healthcare applications have fueled this revolution. The healthcare mobile app market, currently […]

Introduction Uncle Ben’s sage advice in Spiderman that “with great power comes great responsibility,” no doubt applies to today’s great power: big data. Like Peter Parker, privacy advocates and technologists are racing to harness the power of big data’s web of connections, but are sorely lagging in handling the power responsibly. Existing privacy protecting strategies, […]

Despite the spate of articles on the rise of television cord cutting, 76 percent of Americans still subscribe to a multichannel video programming distributor (“MVPD”) at home. Nearly all paid television subscribers lease a set-top box (also known as a cable box) from their television provider, at an average cost of $231 per year. It […]