Trump’s Dangerous Attribution Message on Russian Hacking—and How to Counter It
President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the Intelligence Community and denials of Russian involvement in the hacking of the Democratic National Commi…
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Looking back at 2016, A Status Check on Government Hacking
Last year, the ongoing encryption debate took a backseat to a steady drip of stories and developments related to government hackings. This set the stage for a s…
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The disgusting stuff female athletes hear on social media and how they’re fighting back
"None of these findings has surprised Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. “It…
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Google spin-off Waymo sees huge jump in self-driving safety: CEO John Krafcik
"Still, without knowing details of Waymo’s testing regimes, such as under what conditions the vehicles were tested, it’s impossible to say how close to com…
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Oakland Privacy Commission Approves Surveillance Transparency and Oversight Law
"Catherine Crump, the co-director of UC Berkeley's Center for Law and Technology told the commission the new law "has the potential to have a nati…
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Bill would slap steep fines on self-driving cars without permits
"“The bill itself is a reasonable step to reinforce existing law,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and expert…
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National cybersecurity expert weighs in on Russia hacking hearings
"National expert Dr. Richard Forno, who is the assistant director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County's cybersecurity program, tells NewsCha…
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Should Government Agencies Know Precisely Where You Get Picked Up and Dropped Off?
I submitted comments this week to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission as the Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). The e…
Follow Buddies and Block Buddies: A Simple Proposal to Improve Civility, Control, and Privacy on Twitter
The 2016 election has put squarely on the public agenda a series of questions related to the norms of social media, everything from the proliferation of fake ne…
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Google Publishes 8 Secrets from FBI Requests
"“In our continued effort to increase transparency around government demands for user data, today we begin to make available to the public the National Sec…
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Give your car a conscience: Why driverless cars need morals
"“We’re talking about self-driving cars, up to two tonnes of steel and machine that could crash into homes and people,” says ethicist Patrick Lin of Califo…
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Four Questions For: Ryan Calo
"How do you draw the line between prosecuting a robot that does harm and its creator? Who bears the burden of the crime or wrongdoing? I recently got the…