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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…
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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…
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Yahoo Said to Have Aided U.S. Email Surveillance by Adapting Spam Filter
"“This is another example of how the government is pushing secretly novel or innovative interpretations of surveillance law” to conduct wiretapping in broa…
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Sony brings hammer down on Wiener’s Katy Perry drag-queen video
"Ben Depoorter, a professor at UC Hastings College of the Law who is an expert in copyright law, says this is typical of entertainment companies that worry…
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Ambiguity surrounds IC body camera policy as deadline nears
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a technology consulting firm, studies how new technologies affect civil rights. He said for a policy to be beneficial to…
Risky Business: When Governments Do Not Attribute State-Sponsored Cyberattacks
In the presidential debate last week, Hillary Clinton cited Russia’s responsibility for the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Two weeks ago, Sena…
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Robot Law, book review: People will be the problem
"In 2012, Ryan Calo and Michael Froomkin -- law professors at the Universities of Washington and Miami respectively -- sensed that robots were at approxima…
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Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence
""I've never seen that, a wiretap in real time on a 'selector,"' said Albert Gidari, a lawyer who represented phone and Internet comp…