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Privacy in the Era of Drone Surveillance

February 18, 2020

A report from Bard’s College for the Study of Drones shows that so far, 600 law enforcement agencies across the country use drones.[1]

STLR Link Roundup - February 15, 2020

February 15, 2020

T-Mobile, Sprint Beat State-Led Merger Challenge

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero issued an order on Tuesday in which he refused to block

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Decision-Making: Friend or Foe?

February 12, 2020

Technologies harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming increasingly common in our everyday lives. Built-in smartphone assistants help us stay organized, applications suggest new

STLR Link Roundup - February 8, 2020

February 8, 2020

Judges Won’t Rehear Case that Upheld FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules

“The Federal Communications Commission has defeated another challenge to its repeal

The Fifth Amendment Implications of How You Unlock Your Phone

February 5, 2020

I recently bought a new laptop, one with a fingerprint sensor. I didn’t think much about this feature. My old laptop didn’t have

STLR Link Roundup - February 1, 2020

February 1, 2020

Websites and the Americans with Disabilities Act

January 29, 2020

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) took effect in 1990. The first website came online a year later. Yet the requirements that the

Reckoning with Death

January 22, 2020

What does it mean to be dead, and who gets to decide?

Last October, Titus Cromer Jr. was a junior at the University of Detroit Jesuit

Surveillance Under the Mask of Identification

December 24, 2019

Surveillance Under the Mask of Identification

We may imagine any number of circumstances in which the government might need to know whether someone is who she

Principle of Distinction in Cyberwar

December 10, 2019

Modern warfare has become increasingly advanced, with cyberattacks providing a powerful and complex way to attack both offensively and defensively. While cyber operations have traditionally