The Boston Globe, January 11, 2009 by Julie Masis
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/01/11/is_this_lawman_your_facebook_friend/?page=full

Jennifer Lynch, a lecturer at the law school … said there are ethical issues involved when police pretend to be someone’s friend to get access to their profile. “If police are creating a fake profile and asking to be a friend, they are not going through the court” to obtain a search warrant, she said. “So you’re losing the checks and balances that we value in our criminal justice system.”

Contra Costa Times, June 6, by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_9504652?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com

Sallie Mae sent borrowers’ passwords by e-mail, a practice few lenders use, said Jennifer Lynch, an attorney who oversaw the student-led project…. “Sallie Mae’s practices just seemed antiquated, to say the least, and very risky,” she said. “They should have known this was a risky practice.”

“They sent this information to their customers … and people have been discussing it on blogs,” [student Kathleen] Lu said.