Jean-François Blanchette: Expert on Electronic Authenticity Puts Digital Signatures on the Stand
Blanchette's first book takes a look at the use of electronic documents in litigation and the challenge of defining them as viable evidence.
August 12, 2012 - “Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents” (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2012), was recently published by Jean-François Blanchette, an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Studies. An expert on authenticity of electronic information, social and political dimensions of information security, and privacy and data retention, Blanchette examines the use of electronic documents in litigation and the challenge of defining a new evidentiary framework for electronic documents and the convoluted paths through which electronic documents acquire moral authority.
For the full story, click here.
