The End of Roe Will Bring About a Sea Change in the Encryption Debate
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 10, 2022 at 5:55 pm
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Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere continually deploy new technical tools and novel legal interpretations in order to expand their electronic surveillance capabilities, often under a veil of secrecy. With a deep bench of experts on electronic surveillance issues, CIS uses original scholarship and real-world research to uncover these strategies and analyze their effect on privacy, data security, and other societal interests.
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 10, 2022 at 5:55 pm
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By Daphne Keller on April 6, 2022 at 6:00 am
This post is about what I consider one of the hardest questions, particularly under laws that create special data-access regimes for researchers. What data are platforms supposed to share, and what personal information will it disclose about Internet users? This question pits privacy goals against data-access and research goals. A strongly pro-privacy answer will curtail research into questions of great public importance. A strongly pro-research answer will limit users’ privacy rights. In between lie a lot of difficult calls and complex trade-offs. Read more about User Privacy vs. Platform Transparency: The Conflicts Are Real and We Need to Talk About Them
By Riana Pfefferkorn on March 9, 2022 at 7:27 pm
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about Ignoring EARN IT’s Fourth Amendment Problem Won’t Make It Go Away
By Riana Pfefferkorn on February 4, 2022 at 1:23 pm
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It’s More Dangerous Than Ever