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Another mass shooting, another locked phone
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the phone could contain information not available elsewhere…
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With Amazon Key’s launch, customers and lawyers have lots of questions
""Would it be possible for a person unknowingly to authorize a law enforcement agency or a criminal to access Amazon Key?" Elizabeth Joh, a law p…
Sizing up people and process: a conceptual lens for thinking about cybersecurity in large and small enterprises
This paper proposes a conceptual lens for analysing organisational cybersecurity challenges in light of ‘firm size’. There is extensive literature in the fields…
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It’s Getting Harder for Tech Companies To Deny Responsibility for Content
"The opposing view, held by advocates for victims of crime or harassment online, is that giving tech companies immunity removes any incentive they have to…
Hackback in black
Imagine that a random car is periodically driving across your front yard, leaving tire treads and gouges on your otherwise pristine lawn. How would you handle i…
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Congress Can Crack Down On Tech Companies, But It Can’t Do Much To Their Algorithms
"“When platforms don’t know what to do, the legally over-cautious response is to go way overboard on taking things down just in case they’re illegal,” Daph…
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So What the Hell Is Doxxing?
"For some, doxxing is morally troubling. Law professor Danielle Citron is one. “It provides a permission structure to go outside the law and punish each ot…
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Trump's Twitter lockout raises safeguard concerns
"Jennifer Granick, a lawyer with the ACLU’s technology division, said that abuses of power will become unavoidable if companies continue to face pressure t…
Why Keep a Dog and Bark Yourself? From Intermediary Liability to Responsibility
Since the enactment of the first safe harbours and liability exemptions for online intermediaries, market conditions have radically changed. Originally, interme…
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Making smart machines ethical: Montreal forum seeks to lead conversation on responsible AI
"“We are just at the beginning,” said Dr. Peter Asaro, a philosopher of science, technology, and media at the New School and co-founder of the Internationa…
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Trump Twitter takedown brings more grief for Silicon Valley
"“There’s always been employees who have misused the keys,” said ACLU surveillance and cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick. She pointed to the tension a…
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Making smart machines ethical: Montreal forum seeks to lead conversation on responsible AI
""It's hard to say who is responsible. As a casual user you have no idea how these things are built," said Peter Asaro, an assistant professo…