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By Ryan E. Long on August 7, 2018 at 2:12 pm
If you use Google, have you ever read their privacy policy? If you haven’t, please keep reading. The policy delineates under what circumstances Google can peruse your information, including your e-mails, for disclosure to third parties. Read more about Google privacy. Oxymoron?
By Richard Forno on July 30, 2018 at 3:39 am
Cyberattacks target Americans’ thinking.
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Read more about Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users' minds
By Riana Pfefferkorn on July 24, 2018 at 1:18 pm
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice’s “Cyber-Digital Task Force” released a report “assess[ing] the Department’s work in the cyber area.” The report, which runs over 150 pages, covers a broad range of topics. Among these, in the “Looking Ahead” chapter, is “Going Dark”: DOJ’s name for a constellation of issues that render the government “unable to obtain critical information in an intelligible and usable form (or at all),” primarily encryption (and default encryption in particular). Read more about Comments on DOJ's "Cyber-Digital Task Force" Report
By Barbara van Schewick on June 24, 2018 at 4:01 pm
By Ryan E. Long on June 15, 2018 at 2:09 pm
How important is your iPhone privacy? Does it defeat law enforcement's interest in obtaining evidence of child pornography productions from your iPhone? According to a recent New York Times article, Apple decided to plug a privacy hole in its iPhone through which law enforcement could crawl. This plug was in response to FBI's previous end-run around iPhone software. Read more about FBI v. Apple -- Round 2 . . .
By Daphne Keller on June 15, 2018 at 12:00 am
Public demands for internet platforms to intervene more aggressively in online content are steadily mounting. Calls for companies like YouTube and Facebook to fight problems ranging from “fake news” to virulent misogyny to online radicalization seem to make daily headlines. British prime minister Theresa May echoed the politically prevailing sentiment in Europe when she urged platforms to “go further and faster” in removing prohibited content, including through use of automated filters. Read more about Internet Platforms: Observations on Speech, Danger, and Money
By Riana Pfefferkorn on June 14, 2018 at 4:01 pm
In the upcoming version of the Apple iPhone iOS operating system, iOS 12, the phone’s Lightning cable port (used for charging and data transmission) will be disabled an hour after the phone is locked. The device will still charge, but transferring data to or from the device via the Lightning cable will require entering the device’s password first. Read more about Un-Sexy Headline: USB Restricted Mode Will Improve iPhone User Security
By Daphne Keller on May 25, 2018 at 11:33 am
Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into force today, after two years of preparation. Meanwhile, in the US, a remarkable number of people are suggesting we should adopt something like the GDPR. What does that actually mean, and what policy trade-offs does it entail? Read more about GDPR Rules as a US Response to Cambridge Analytica?
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 23, 2018 at 1:50 pm
On May 22, the Washington Post reported a jawdropping screw-up by the FBI that will, if there is any justice left in the world, have significant repercussions for the ongoing encryption debate. Read more about Why Jimmy Can’t Count: The FBI Has Lost All Credibility on “Going Dark”
By Center for Internet and Society on May 16, 2018 at 6:00 am
-- Updated version of online WILMap provides improved functionality in tracking global online liability laws -- Read more about Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society Launch the World Intermediary Liability Map 2.0
