The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Law consistently lags behind technology, nowhere more so than in the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. CIS is committed to closing this gap in a variety of ways: organizing specially-focused judicial training programs; forming strategic partnerships between the litigation community and the academic world to improve Fourth Amendment impact litigation; and sponsoring cross-disciplinary research bridging law, computer science, and social sciences to evaluate the impact of emerging technologies on digital privacy.
March 10, 2020
Encrypted Messaging (Panel)
Moderator: Jon Callas, Senior Technology Fellow, ACLU
Panelists:
Riana Pfefferkorn, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity, Stanford Center for Internet and Society;
Daniel J. Weitzner, Founding Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative;
Matt Blaze, Georgetown University Read more about USENIX Enigma 2020 - Encrypted Messaging (Panel)
February 18, 2020
"End-to-end encryption" has gone mainstream, which means tech companies can't decrypt messages even when law enforcement has a warrant. The Trump administration says that's taking privacy too far. Read more about Warrant-Proof Encrypted Messages Targeted By Trump Administration
November 27, 2019
You can unlock your smartphone with a passcode, your finger, even your face. When the cops demand you decrypt your phone or other device for them, can you successfully invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination? Well, it depends. This talk quickly walks through the when, where, why, and how of compelled decryption and the Fifth Amendment under current case law. It ends with some practical takeaways, including "don't talk to the cops" and "stay out of Florida." Read more about DEF CON 27 Crypto and Privacy Village - Riana Pfefferkorn - Compelled Device Decryption and 5A
