Twitter started fact-checking Trump. Then Trump threatened to close it down
As Elizabeth Dwoskin reports for The Washington Post, Twitter has fact-checked President Trump for the first time. Trump had claimed on Twitter that mail-in bal…
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Monitoring cyber security while working remotely
"Working from home may be convenient for a lot of us, but it’s also convenient for hackers and identity thieves. Marshall Erwin, Senior Director of Trust…
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Tool Without A Handle: Tools, Trends, Technology
The current public health crisis makes effective management of misinformation more than just a theoretical or constitutional law exercise. Misinformation costs…
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Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don't Distance
"Jennifer Granick, an attorney specializing in surveillance and cybersecurity technologies at the American Civil Liberties Union, told The Intercept that S…
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What Is Contact Tracing and How Does It Work?
""No contact tracing app can be fully effective until there is widespread, free, and quick testing and equitable access to health care,” said Jennifer…
The FBI is mad because it keeps getting into locked iPhones without Apple’s help
The debate over encryption continues to drag on without end. In recent months, the discourse has largely swung away from encrypted smartphones to focus instead…
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Manual Contact Tracing Has Privacy Issues
This blogpost was first published by me on May 22, 2020, as a series of Tweets on manual contact tracing and privacy risks. Many privacy advocates initally oppo…
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North Dakota’s COVID-19 app has been sending data to Foursquare and Google
"“Data collected in connection with contact tracing should not be used for any secondary purpose, let alone a commercial one,” wrote Ryan Calo, an associat…
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Apple, Google release coronavirus-tracing software — but will it help?
"“Either you have a system unlikely to help people navigate their world, to leave their house and feel safe, or you have privacy trade-offs," said Uni…
COVID-19 Webinar Series – Debate on the Risks of Bluetooth Contact Tracing
The world is moving rapidly to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus - and the Center for Democracy & Technology's policy teams are working just as f…
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Apple, Google release smartphone technology to notify users of possible exposure to coronavirus
"Some privacy advocates have favored the Google-Apple approach because it offers more privacy and security. But others, including Ryan Calo, a law professo…
Does containing COVID-19 mean surrendering our privacy?
Public health officials are scrambling to rapidly ramp up contact tracing, which involves tracking down people who may have come in contact with someone who has…