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Tinder Plus and the Business of Online Dating
"Jonathan Mayer, a graduate fellow at Stanford University, launched a 2011 investigation that discovered how OK Cupid appeared to sell many categories of i…
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Hillary email controversy reminiscent of 1996 episode
“Obviously, if it were to emerge that there had been ‘leakage' of classified information, that would make this much less a transparency and accountability c…
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Experts: Clinton took dangerous path with email system
If Clinton used the private account for more than just unclassified discussions, that would cause national security concerns, said Brian Nussbaum, a cyber threa…
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Can Net Neutrality Survive the Impending Onslaught of Lawsuits?
The FCC's case for Title II reclassification is a "legal slam dunk" according to Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford University law professor and net…
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Brianna Wu vs. the Troll Army
"Sex is a recurring theme in these sorts of attacks, says Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of Hate Crimes in Cyber…
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Does E-commerce Personalization Make All Consumers Vulnerable Consumers?
It is the first week of March, which in the U.S. means it is also National Consumer Protection Week. This coordinated annual effort encourages people to assert…
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Spain: The Right to Be Forgotten Does Not Apply to Blogger
In a recently reported ruling, the Spanish National High Court held that Google is not responsible for the processing of personal data on blog hosted on Google’…
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'What Hillary wants Hillary gets': How former Secretary of State had homebrew email server set up amid a no-questions asked atmosphere
Jonathan Mayer, a PhD candidate in computer science & law lecturer at Stanford University, said that Mrs Clinton may have told her Internet service provider…
Ferguson’s government was run like a racket
Ta-Nehisi Coates is combing through the Department of Justice report on racism in Ferguson and finding evidence that the local government saw its inhabitants, w…
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What we know about Hillary Clinton's personal email system
"Right now, we have "limited technical evidence" about Clinton's email system, said Jonathan Mayer, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at…
Jonathan Mayer - Hearsay Culture Show #231 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Regulator accused of overstepping on cybersecurity enforcement
Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at Samford University and noted expert on the FTC, argued that a decision against the commission could harm consumers. “The FTC…