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Tech newsletter: Inside the NYPD’s ‘Orwellian’ surveillance network

Here is a look at tech and politics news from the last week.

On by Andrew Wyrich

The U.S. Supreme Court

Landmark ruling from Supreme Court limits the scope of cybercrime law

The controversial law had long been criticized for being overly-broad.

On by Mikael Thalen

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Security researchers stop disclosing vulnerabilities after FBI raid on fellow researcher

The chilling effect in action.

On by Dissent Doe

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FBI raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server

Justin Shafer reported a flaw in a company’s system. Then the FBI came knocking.

On by Dissent Doe

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Former St. Louis Cardinals employee could get 5 years in prison for hacking rival team’s database

The government charged Chris Correa under a controversially broad computer-hacking law.

On by Kevin Collier

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The federal crime nobody talks about in ‘Making a Murderer’

Making a… hacker?

On by Andrew Couts

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‘Aaron’s Law’ is back to fix the ‘worst law in technology’

Will Congress finally update U.S. hacking law?

On by Kevin Collier

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Desktop wallpaper prank earns Florida middle schooler felony charges

The picture was of two men kissing.

On by JC Sevcik

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Security researcher publishes 10 million passwords despite fear of FBI

This is the state of cybersecurity research now.

On by Selena Larson

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Obama reveals new cybersecurity plan

You can’t please everybody, but is Obama trying to please anybody at all?

On by Kevin Collier

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Celebrating Aaron Swartz at the Internet Archive hackathon

They came, they hacked, they remembered their fallen friend.

On by Kate Conger

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Aaron Swartz Day hackathon aims to right legal wrongs

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is still a problem.

On by Kate Conger

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Startup founder hacked an investor’s voicemail because #SiliconValley

How did he think this was a good idea?

On by Dell Cameron

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Hacker Jeremy Hammond reportedly in solitary confinement

It wouldn’t be the first time that a nonviolent hacker’s been put in solitary.

On by Kevin Collier

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Ross Ulbricht’s lawyer says FBI’s hack of Silk Road was ‘criminal’

“The government posits two standards of behavior: one for private citizens, and the other for the government.”

On by Patrick Howell O’Neill

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