Vault 7 court case ends in mistrial on most serious charges

A New York City jury was unable to reach a verdict Monday on a number of charges against a former CIA engineer accused of orchestrating the largest leak in agency history. A federal jury in New York found Joshua Schulte guilty on charges of contempt of court and lying to the FBI after a monthlong trial and four days of deliberation. Jurors could not reach a decision on more serious charges of illegally transferring national defense information; unauthorized access to classified information; and theft of government property. A hearing will be held on March 26 to determine the next steps in the case. U.S. prosecutors argued that Schulte leaked a trove CIA hacking tools to WikiLeaks in 2016 to retaliate against co-workers and agency management for what he perceived as unfair treatment during his employment. Defense attorneys worked to convince jurors that the CIA had failed to secure its most sensitive […]

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Brute-Forced Copyrighting: Liberating All The Melodies

Bluntly stated, music is in the end just applied physics. Harmony follows — depending on the genre — a more or less fixed set of rules, and there  are a limited amount of variation possible within the space of music itself. So there are technically only so many melodies possible, …read more

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I work from home. Is it legal for my employer to monitor my personal computer? [closed]

I work from Turkey for a company based in the US. I work from my own home on my personal computer on a regular basis (8-5 each week day for 3.5 year now). I am the manager of a team that works from all over the world (everyone works from t… Continue reading I work from home. Is it legal for my employer to monitor my personal computer? [closed]