0. Around two days ago, Israeli ISPs began to block access to certain websites from Israel. The list of the websites is considered confidential, and included, by media reports two websites related to ...Read More
The US Courts of Appeals’ ruling in Maynard v United States amends and reinstates to certainty the right for privacy in public places. Around two years ago I said that “the problem with on...Read More
The District Court’s decision in CA 1055/09 Liat Shertzer-Bar v. Rebecca Samira (see also Haim Ravia‘s summary) is a substantial decision not only under privacy protection laws, but ...Read More
0. Erez Wolf reports about a serious security problem which resulted from hacking an Israeli website and stealing the usernames, emails and passwords of 32,561 accounts. The database of that commercia...Read More
0. Abstract Could a state with no secrets function better when protecting national security than a state that keeps information away from the general public? In this brief article, we will inspect the...Read More
0. It is only a matter of time until both the Facebook Application Developers and Facebook Users join together and tell Facebook “there is no taxation without representation” while request...Read More
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on February that the clause in the Israeli Criminal Procedure Act which allows ex-parte court hearings for suspects in terror or national security crimes was unconstitu...Read More
A recent report by the IT Industry about the breadth of fair use (via boingboing) states that industries that are built upon fair use constitute around one sixth of the US gross domestic product, and ...Read More
The US Supreme court decision in 08-769 United States v. Stevens 559 U.S. ___ (2010) (via Balkinization) may shed light on additional issues regarding free speech. Stevens, was more than any other thi...Read More
Whilst I, as an Israeli citizen and national, cannot discuss what is known throughout the globe as the Israel’s censorship scandal, I can at least say that we can learn that Israel is not alone....Read More