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Is Blockbuster Video the Answer to Our Digital Privacy Woes?

Elie Mystal The Supreme Court is weighing whether a 1988 video-store law can be used to protect our digital privacy. The post Is Blockbuster Video the Answer to Our Digital Privacy Woes? appeared first on The Nation .

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