The Internet And Its Impact On The Practice Of Law

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The Internet And Its Impact On The Practice Of
Law

• THOMAS S. FORKIN FAMILY LAW
• INN OF COURT
• December 18, 2012

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He claims to have created the Internet. Who is
he?
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He is Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., the 45th
Vice-President of the United States.

• In an interview with Wolf Blitzer of CNN, Al Gore
  said, and I quote
• During my service in the United States Congress,
  I took the initiative in creating the Internet

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What is the Internet?

• A Global system of interconnected computer
  networks that serves billions of users worldwide.
  
• A Network of networks that consists of millions
  of private, public, academic, business, and
  government networks, of local or global scope.
• INTERNET Carries information from the
  inter-linked documents from the Worldwide Web
  (WWW) (a.k.a. the Web) and supports the
  infrastructure for Electronic mail in the
  Electronic Age.

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What benefits does INTERNET give us

• Productivity and Personal gain benefit from
  instant access to the INTERNET by having
• Access to communications
• Such as Email, Instant messaging, texting, and
  video phone calls
• Access to tasks
• Such as Telecommuting, Schooling, Banking,
  Shopping
• Access to information
• Such as the Worldwide media, encyclopedias, blogs

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Evolution to the Electronic age.

• The Big Bang
• Ice Age
• Dark Age
• Industrial Age
• And Now the Electronic Age that gives us
  Instant access to information, communication and
  networking. And since 1989 the INTERNET became
  accessible to the public. Prior to that,
  INTERNET access was limited to the government and
  the academia.

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Until Recently, He was the Protector of this
countrys secrets. Who is he?
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He is General David Petraeus

• Former Director of the CIA
• Who Fell from grace.
• Just recently, He was the most admired man in the
  United States, who ran the largest, best funded,
  most capable intelligence service in the history
  of the world
• He resigned because of an extra-marital affair
  conducted in and discovered by the INTERNET

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INTERNET provides Information, Communication and
Networking

• Internet Service Providers in our area Comcast,
  Verizon
• They are Authorized to disclose to others, either
  voluntarily or compelled, because of the Stored
  Communications Act
• Access to the Internet via Web browsers such as
  Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari that
  use
• URL Uniform Resource Locator which requests a
  web page
• HTTP and HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol is
  the encryption of communication. Reasonable
  guarantee that communication is with whom it was
  intended.
• HTML HyperText Markup Language used to
  annotate a document
• HyperText reference to other text by immediate
  access through a link. Portions of this
  presentation will be on our website, can be
  accessed by members, linked to information.

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INTERNET Social Media Instant interaction
through websites such as

• facebook that shares photos, videos, profiles,
  comments with family, friends, and possibly the
  world
• You Tube that shares videos with family,
  friends, the world
• Twitter text based messages and a member can
  follow people (family, friends, celebrities, or
  others )
• Instagram that shares photos, and follows people
• Pinterest online pinboard with image
  collections, and idea sharing
• Linkedin professional networking by invitation
  of existing members
• Not many obstacles to becoming members of such
  websites, or posting on them.
• All communications are at the speed of light.

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Swords are used as Weapons for attack and for
defense Benefits can also be liabilities.Swords
are Double edged.
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What are the PRIVACY CONCERNS of the INTERNET

• HTTP Cookie a packet of information sent by a
  server to a Web browser and then sent back by the
  browser each time it accesses that server for
  user authentication, user tracking, and
  maintaining user-specific information. You
  visited 3 times
• Cloud Storage networked online electronic
  storage of files from a private or public device.
• Location-Based Service location tracking
  capability for mobile devices. I can find my
  phone (yay) or others can find me (ugh).
• Stored Internet Communications Act prohibits
  an entity to knowingly divulging contents of a
  communication, unless lawful consent from the
  originator or the intended recipient.

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SOCIAL NETWORKING

• A social network is a structure determined by
  interaction between individuals or entities, such
  as
• facebook - www.facebook.com/about/privacy
• You Tube - www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy
  
• Twitter www.twitter.com/privacy
• Instagram - www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy
  
• Pinterest www.pinterest.com/about/privacy
• Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/static?keyprivacy_pol
  icy

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LINKS OF INTEREST

• http//whatismyipaddress.com/ - finds your IP
  address defines electronic age terms such as
  cookies, hacking, phishing.
• http//proxify.com/ - surfs the Web privately
  and securely, hides your IP address.
• http//www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2701 -
  Stored Communications Act and unlawful access to
  communications.
• http//courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205/s10/readi
  ngs/users-guide-SCA.pdf - 4th Amendment issues
  with Stored Communications Act.
• http//www.search.org/programs/hightech/isp/ -
  list of Social Network providers.