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FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist

Posted by timothy on from the smart-fella dept.

An anonymous reader contributes this snippet from Digital Daily: "Looks like the Federal Trade Commission got its first choice of Chief Technologist, because it's hard to think of anyone better to serve in that capacity than Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten, a guy whose CV makes everyone from Microsoft to Diebold shudder in embarrassment."

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  1. Re:CV makes everyone shudder in embarrassment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Felten showed that Microsoft was lying when they claimed in court that they could not remove Internet Explorer from Windows without disrupting the entire OS. He was also responsible for other discoveries embarrassing for several companies:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Felten

  2. Re:CV makes everyone shudder in embarrassment by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 5, Informative

    Maybe because he believes in fair use?

    He was one of the scientists behind the MPAA v. 2600 amicus briefs.

    He also went after the RIAA when they threatened to sue him if he commented on encryption in one of his presentations.

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