Related to the laws and regulations imposed by governments, the enforcement of those laws, and legal and judicial process including investiagtion and trial.
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Legal process for suing joejobber?
I'm currently being joejobbed, and want to sue the joejobber. Details:
I have real damages: the joejob causes me to receive fake bounces, which:
stop/delay my receipt of legitimate mail, since ...
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4answers
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Is Steganography considered encryption and subject to USA export restrictions?
I have written an application for Apple's iOS which embeds messages in JPEG files using steganography (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography). For the purposes of this question lets assume ...
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Privacy issues with email providers
I am looking for an email provider (or for a way to do it myself) that will not divulge my personal information under no circumstances. I found out that getting this information with a order for ...
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4answers
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What particular concerns should one bear in mind when wardriving?
I'm considering starting a neighborhood-wide wardrive, with the objective of raising awareness to the risks of running unsecured wireless networks.
Right now, I'm still in the planning stages of this ...
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2answers
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Issues with the use of network surveillance tool in your company?
What issues will we face with the use of network surveillance tool in the company network with respect to the Telecommunication Interception Act and Privacy Act ?
And what policies could be ...
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4answers
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Copyright issues with encryption algorithms
I'm developing application for Android/Java. Application is a kind of password manager, so I'm storing encrypted passwords under the hood of master password. There are number of encryption algorithms ...
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2answers
141 views
War dial research
Anyone know of any specific UK Law that would prevent the use of war dialling as part of a security research project?
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3answers
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What does a court need to successfully prosecute a hacker? Please cite previous cases if possible
Once a business decides it is worthwhile to persue legal action against the attacker, what information and processes should be followed so that:
Integrity of the investigation is maintained
The ...
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2answers
119 views
What International laws should one in the InfoSec industry we be aware of?
What InfoSec regulations should one be aware of when dealing with 'live' cross-border communications, or the offline transport of information?
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What security requirements are a defacto standard in the Financial Industry?
What technologies, processes, or laws that relate to InfoSec apply specifically to the Financial industry?
If you're familliar with the Financial Industry, can you share details? For example:
What ...
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Is the law the only thing stopping many sites from being hacked/cracked?
There are so many common vulnerabilities out there, so how is it that every Wordpress blog, for example, isn't hacked into often?
It seems like the security community is overly paranoid, unless the ...
