Government Hacking Makes Everyone Less Safe
Last week, the Justice Department filed criminal charges against a North Korean operative for a malware attack that endangered hospital systems and crippled the…
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Farm victim of ‘patent troll’ lawsuit
"Most such litigation settles fairly quickly due to cost pressures, rather than the merit of the allegations, said Daniel Nazer, senior staff attorney with…
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Govt's decryption bill can only lead to 'systemic weaknesses'
"Notably, Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, and University of Melbourne researchers Dr Vanessa Teague…
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Proposed Australian Bill Would Threaten Computer Security for Everybody
Today was the deadline for the public to submit comments on the Australian government's draft Assistance and Access Bill 2018. The proposed legislation drew…
Don’t Force Google to Export Other Countries’ Laws
On Tuesday, in a courtroom in Luxembourg, the Court of Justice of the European Union is to consider whether Google must enforce the “right to be forgotten” — wh…
Comments on the Australian Assistance and Access Bill 2018
Comments submitted to the Australian Government's Department of Home Affairs on its exposure draft of the Assistance and Access Bill 2018. * Publication…
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Google Case Asks: Can Europe Export Privacy Rules World-Wide?
"It will set governments’ expectations about how they can use their leverage over internet platforms to effectively enforce their own laws globally,” said…
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ISPs Engage In Last Gasp Bid to Derail California’s Net Neutrality Law
"“Governor Brown has a long history of vetoing legislation that you might think he'd totally support, including bills that exercise state power as a wa…
Platform Justice: Content Moderation at an Inflection Point
On Thursday, Sept. 6, Twitter permanently banned the right-wing provocateur Alex Jones and his conspiracy theorist website Infowars from its platform. This was…
Security Risks of Government Hacking
Abstract: As the use of encryption and other privacy-enhancing technologies has increased, government officials in the United States have sought ways to ensure…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Five Eyes demand for encryption workarounds raises stakes for tech companies
"“I certainly see this banding together as a way for the U.S. government to try to exert more gravitas in the U.S. debate,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptog…
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Why won't Facebook give UK police user passwords? It's complicated
"And it is this that so frustrates law enforcement officials. "If the UK has complaints, it is with the US Department of Justice for failing to adequa…