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Mozilla Moves Ahead With Do Not Track Browser
""The Cookie Clearinghouse will create, maintain and publish objective information," Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at CIS, said in a stat…
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Web’s Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders
"N.S.A. badges are often seen on the lapels of officials at other technology and information security conferences. “They’re very open about their interest…
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Apple joins other tech companies in detailing government requests for data
"Since the reports don't break out the number of requests by category, they're only somewhat helpful, said privacy advocates. "To lump all the…
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What Last Week's NSA Leaks Can Teach Us about Technology and Politics
Last week was a busy one for the National Security Agency. On Wednesday, the Guardian revealed a top secret court order that compelled Verizon to turn over meta…
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How to Gain an Edge Against Digital Spies
"“For some of the [government] programs, there is nothing to do unless you give up technology altogether, or restrict a lot of what makes it useful,” says…
Prof. Vance Ricks - Hearsay Culture - Show #186 - 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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Could Overreaction to Cybersecurity Threats Hurt Transparency at Home?
Last week, President Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the ongoing problem of Chinese cyber espionage. The Obama administration has recentl…
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NSA Leaks Prompt Lawsuit and U.N. Action
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle and an expert on privacy issues, said that limited, public know…
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Whistleblowing about government surveillance - political offense or serious crime?
It seems like the world has been turned upside down when a US citizen flees to China seeking political asylum. And yet Edward Snowden is apparently hiding out…
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Legally Speaking: Teaching what matters
"Bryant Walker-Smith who teaches the “Autonomous Driving” class at Stanford describes it as a way to teach torts using modern automotive class action suits…
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The Problems and Promise with Terms of Use as the Chaperone of the Social Web
The New Republic recently published a piece by Jeffrey Rosen titled “The Delete Squad: Google, Twitter, Facebook, and the New Global Battle Over the Future of F…
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Meet the Man Behind the Push to Ban Killer Robots
"To bring clearer into focus the backdrop of killer robots and the threat they pose, I talked to Peter Asaro, co-founder of the International Committee for…