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Apple and Samsung reach Supreme Court in patent row
""That would be the understanding the majority of law professors would advocate for," suggested Prof Andrea Matwyshyn from Northwestern Universit…
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As License-Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation
"Nevertheless, there are some avenues for reform. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers grants for states to buy ALPRs for “highway saf…
Privacy & surveillance concerns over voice-recognition devices, Google Home & Amazon Echo
Recently, when Google announced its own version of Amazon's voice-recognition digital home assistant, the company did not spend a moment addressing any priv…
5 and Counting: Russia Vetoes No-Fly-Zone in the Security Council
Over the weekend, Russia exercised its veto—again and unsurprisingly—to block a draft Security Council resolution (S/2016/846) that would have created a no-fly-…
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Subpoena to Encrypted App Provider Highlights Overbroad FBI Requests for Information
"According to Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society and a former attorney for many of the major techn…
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Crime-prediction tool PredPol amplifies racially biased policing, study shows
"Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Oakland-based Center for Media Justice, says Oakland's legislators don't care that PredPol hasn't prov…
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Appeals court restores previously-dismissed surveillance lawsuit
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a legal researcher and attorney at Stanford University, told Ars: With there being a fair number of cases out there that have taken a…
The U.S. has just accused Russia of hacking America’s elections. That’s a very big deal.
Obama administration security officials have formally accused Russia of interfering with the U.S. presidential election. The Director of National Intelligence a…
Public-Private Cybersecurity
Abstract: Calls for public-private partnerships to address U.S. cybersecurity failures have become ubiquitous. But the academic literature and public debate ha…
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Honoring Visionaries at the 25th Annual Pioneer Awards
EFF Legal Director Corynne McSherry presented the next Pioneer Award to Malkia Cyril. McSherry described first meeting Cyril, founder and executive director of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Iraq War records reignite debate over US use of depleted uranium
"“The legality of using DU in armed conflict situations is indeterminate,” Beth Van Schaack, professor of human rights at Stanford University, and a former…
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Will Yahoo Face Lawsuits Over Email Surveillance?
"That order grants Yahoo immunity, said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society. "I think it i…