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A Lesson in Metadata: Harvard Bomb Hoax

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[We are delighted to run this piece by our friend and Berkman Center colleague Ryan Budish - eds.]

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Adding up to 105: The Charges Against Barrett Brown

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In December 2011, hacktivist collective Anonymous (in)famously hacked intelligence analysis firm Stratfor Global Intelligence, collecting over 2.7 million emails, including data for over 50,000 credit card numbers, 80,000 email addresses, and more.

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Paving Hell: ACTA Encourages Oppression from Friend and Foe Alike

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The drafting of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) isn’t going so well.

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Does This Look Infected to You? Government Virus as Counter-Proposal to FBI's URL Demands

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So here is a nice and scary development. It appears that the FBI wants Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to keep a log of the url's visited by consumers. Wait it gets better.

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Florida Nukes the Fridge: Facebook, the Bar, and the Latest Entry in the Social Network Hijacking Saga

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It’s rarely a good sign when a series grows beyond a trilogy.

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Brandjacking on Social Networks: Twitter, Malicious Ghost Writing, and Corporate Sabotage

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It seems all I can write about these days is digital doppelgangers. I’ve written about employers engaged in Facebook hijacking and MySpace lurking. Today, a story of brandjacking through Twitter sabotage rounds out the cyber-possession trilogy.

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