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Barack Obama’s cyber security push spurs privacy fears
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said she was hopeful the FBI would not succeed in…
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Obama’s federal cybersecurity law could create less information
"Security experts like Jonathan Mayer — a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Stanford University whose research focuses on technology policy — are frus…
Academia is not a meritocracy
Aaron Clauset, Sam Arbesman and Daniel Larremore have a new article in Science Advances crunching the data on academic career paths in computer science, busines…
Cyber Security and a New Government Agency
Last week, health insurance giant Anthem revealed that the personal information of as many as 80 million customers was stolen by hackers. This news came just da…
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The emperor still doesn't have new clothes.
Recently, a jury found Mr. Ross Ulbricht guilty of running the black market website Silk Road. Many observers claim that the government's theory expanded li…
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The Twin Obstacles of Standing and State Secrecy Live On In Surveillance Challenges
As Federal District Judge Jeffrey White made plain in his order granting the government partial summary judgment yesterday in Jewel v. NSA, current judicial int…
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Information sharing to the cyber-rescue, again!
Yesterday, news emerged (or was officially leaked) that the President will announce an initiative designed to bolster American Internet security: the Cyber Thre…
The White House Gave the FCC Advice on Net Neutrality. That’s How It’s Supposed to Work.
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently announced support for strong net neutrality rules grounded in the FCC’s strongest legal…
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Data Security Gaps in an Industry Student Privacy Pledge
"“Suppose a person logs in from a public wireless network, such as at a coffee shop or airport,” said Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer science graduat…
Regulating revenge porn isn’t censorship
Revenge porn, also known as nonconsensual pornography or cyberexploitation, has been with us for a while, but only recently — with the hack of celebrities’ iClo…
Prof. Stephanie Pell and Chris Soghoian - Hearsay Culture Show #229 - 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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An inside look at how Spain’s copyright law targets Google and other news aggregators
News aggregation services, particularly Google News, appear to be under attack in several European countries. Belgium, Germany, and most recently Spain have tri…