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Is a Smarter Home a Less Private Home? [Interview]

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do another interview with Chicago Tribune business reporter Becky Yerak (@beckyyerak) about the privacy implications of the growing relationship between home insurers and companies that produce “smart” products for homeowners. Her article, “Insurers’ discounts for smart home devices raise privacy concerns,” ran last week in…

Former Tulane U. Adjunct Professor Faces Trial on 51 Counts of Child Porn

Brad Robbert, a former adjunct assistant rofessor of Theater at Tulane University, will go on trial August 3 in Orleans Parish Criminal District on 50 counts that he possessed child pornography and 1 count of possession with intent to distribute. According to his online biography, Robbert also served as operations director for the Tulane University…