CFAA Pros And Cons

The bulletin spoke directly to the issue in the case: whether firemen who were on-call in the firehouse, but free to pursue their own activities within the firehouse, were on “working time” as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Court concluded that even though the administrative bulletin was not the product of “adversary proceedings” or “conclusions of law from findings of fact,” as in administrative adjudications, it may still be “entitled to respect.” Critical to this conclusion was the Court’s acknowledgement that Congress intended that certain duties be left to the Administrator, and that in the pursuit of those duties he had “accumulated considerable experience” in problems arising under the statute he was responsible for. Because it was in the interest of both “[g]ood administration of the Act and good judicial administration” that the judicial should conflict with the administrative only when supported with “very good reasons,” the Court accepted the interpretation promoted by the Administrator. That the courts can give judicial deference to informal administrative action is critical to allowing administrative agencies to perform their executive

Held: Because the search of Quon’s text messages was reasonable based on a search for work-related purposes, petitioners did not violate respondents’ Fourth Amendment rights, and the Ninth Circuit erred by concluding otherwise.

To continue, an article titled, “How the NSA’s Surveillance Proceeds Threaten America’s Privacy”, talks about the FSIA Amendment

The Full Court also rejected AIG’s argument that the clause ‘permitted’ adverse action. In interpreting the term ‘permitted’ to mean ‘authorise’ the Full Court found the clause operated passively and therefore did not meet the threshold of ‘authorise’ which would require a positive operation of the clause .

“The Playpen Story: Some Fourth Amendment Basics and Law Enforcement Hacking” is an analytical blog post published on the Depplinks Blog section of the Electronic Frontier Foundations (EFF) website by Mark Rumold. Mark Rumold is a senior staff attorney at EFF, a non-profit organization with a stated purpose of: “defend[ing] free speech online, fight[ing] illegal surveillance, advocating for users and innovators, support freedom-enhancing technologies”. This article is one of several, written by Rumold covering the FBI investigations and prosecutions connected to the child pornography hosting Tor site called “Playpen”. The author analyzes how the FBI actions during the investigation relate to the Fourth Amendment and proceeds to contrast them with the established legal precedence. The author argues how the hacking performed by the FBI are either searches or seizures and thus covered by the Fourth Amendments. He interprets the courts’ rulings on these cases and translates them into future implications for privacy. Author’s objective tone with a hint of concern indicates that this article is for readers 25 years of age or older valuing their privacy and constitutional rights. While he could have included greater detail, it would turn off his intended audience by providing superfluous information unrelated to the analysis he is conducting. Lack of case details and references to previous postings and articles shows that he is writing for

If the state of Kansas passed this bill, the (CFA) article would be totally for it. The CFA embraces the U.S. flag as a significant nationwide symbol. If people light fire to this vital historical piece of America as a way to protest how could they be called Americans? This bill would be one of the problems to reaching their goal: making another amendment to put on the Constitution that would look after the U.S. Flag as the nation's symbol. It shows how significant the Flag is to the American people. The CFA would need to persuade the federal leaders in order to get the bill passed. A method they can use in their favor could be politicization their representatives to upkeep their bill for people not being able to burn the American

The Freedom of Information Act was enforced when our government realized the importance of the relationship between access to information and government accountability. This act enables citizens to view a plethora of different files and records from government agencies. This act proved to be “a principal instrument for breaking down bureaucratic secrecy in American public administration” (p. 62).

Verizon Virginia Inc., 2011, plaintiff was fired in retaliation for his exercise of FMLA rights over a two day period when the employer had videotape evidence of the plaintiff driving, spending 30 minutes at the gym, renting videos and shopping. The employer concluded this activity was inconsistent with his claim that he had migraines on those days. Nevertheless, the plaintiff asserted that the employer’s reason for termination was a pretext for FMLA retaliation because it took the “extraordinary step” of placing him under surveillance, however the court ruled that the surveillance did not show that the employer’s reasons for terminating plaintiff were pretextual since the employer had hired private investigators at least five times in the past and the plaintiff did not prove that similarly situated employees were treated differently (Smith,

Did you know that 58% of employers have fired workers for Internet and email misuse? And 48% justify employee video monitoring as an effort to “counter theft and violence?” According to the “2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey” of which 304 U.S. companies participated in, computer-monitoring results have led to the highest cause of employee termination. These companies used several tactics to eavesdrop on employees while claiming to be managing productivity or for security purposes. Some argue that surveillance is absolutely necessary to help protect and grow a business; others argue that employee and customer rights come first. However, companies that use such tactics often violate the privacy of individuals, exploit their private information and even punish those that do not conform to their standards.

There has been different legislation concerning privacy rights where citizens are to be protected from unwarranted invasion of their personal information to be collected, use or release to third party. The United States Privacy Act which was enacted in 1974 allows protection of personal privacy. (US Department of State) In the recent cases of Apple against FBI, the government agency used “All Writs Act” on Apple and order Apple to assist the agency in their investigations. However, the case was rejected by federal magistrate judge and could have resulted in a precedent for rest of the incidents whereby Apple was ordered to unlock their company products for investigation purposes. The federal magistrate explained that while the act can allow

“See you in court” has been the mantra often cried when a person feels their privacy has been violated, or their free speech infringed. When people take a legal cause of action against a party, they feel wronged them and sue them in court for damages, this is known as a tort (p. 110). Current laws seem to favor free speech above privacy rights. These complex legal issues are often viewed through a libertarian or authoritarian lens. When the internet came along it compounded the difficulty of these matters. In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in response to growing issues sprouting from the new medium, the internet. Privacy expert and law professor, Daniel J. Solove addresses these complex legal issues in chapters

In my judgment the Sheriff dismissed the consultant simply because of two things. First, the Sheriff wanted to be “Accredited”. According to the CALEA (the gold standard in public safety) some benefits include: a department has established verifications of quality and better education for public safety personnel to name a couple. In short it “looks good” in the community, and not knowing the status of the Sheriff he/she may be up for reelection. Second, it seams when the consultant inquired about the promotional system the question of “How do you feel about emigrants” is not a proper question, and should never be asked. Simply put under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution this prohibits states from disallowing equal safeguard

It's clear that he misused his power and if the court makes a decision in Valle’s favor and decide that the use of a computer for personal use is not the violation of CFAA then Valle might be free from all his charges. As CFAA just prevents unauthorized access to the computer and doesn't mention any criteria regarding the use of computers. But the decision is very critical because it is not just about the Valle case if the court makes a decision in his favor may employers will be benefited. They can access the government or office computers for personal use. There should be rules and the CFAA should also cover the misuse of authorized computers. If the rules are set its prevents higher rank officers from misusing the computer. If not we have to worry about “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” They are watching us, but who is watching them, they have the power doesn't mean they can do whatever they want therefore strict rules and laws must be maintained so that everyone is on

Digital privacy concerns, which have been a major issue in our country since 2001, increasingly violate our basic human rights as global citizens. The growing amount of government surveillance has manifested in the enactment of acts such as SOPA and CISPA. Although their intent on stopping digital piracy and attacks were clear, both were immediately met with harsh criticism; they allowed big corporations to violate our privacy rights by sharing our personal information with both other companies and the government. Our President, although publicly expressing his acknowledgement of the issue, failed to discuss an array of other pressing dilemmas regulated by the recently exposed National Security Agency (NSA), especially those involving

This chapter presents about the FPGA ideas and FPGA Synthesis Flow. An FPGA is a device that comprises of thousands or even large number of transistors connected to implement logic functions. They implement functions from simple addition and subtraction to complex digital filtering and error detection and its correction.