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U.S. warns businesses of threat of cyberattacks
"Dr. Richard Forno, assistant director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, said Maryland may be a likely target of cyber warfare in the future. “Marylan…
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Internet nonprofit leaders fight deal to sell control of .org domain
"“What offended me about the Ethos Capital deal and the way it unfolded is that it seems to have completely betrayed this concept of stewardship,” said And…
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CCPA: What California's new privacy law means for Facebook, Twitter users
""The debate will inevitably increase the requirements and the burden on the social media companies as well," said Omer Tene, vice president and…
How California's New Data Privacy Law Will Affect Consumers
California's new data privacy law went into effect on January 1. California consumers now have the right to know how their data is used, the right to get th…
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California's sweeping digital privacy bill raises a question: Will people use it?
"The law's biggest impact, in fact, may lie in how it requires companies to track what data they have, where they keep it and how to get it to people w…
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Data Breach at Wyze Labs Exposes Information of 2.4 Million Customers
"While Congress has not yet passed federal legislation to provide consumers with protections against data breaches, all 50 states and D.C., Guam, Puerto Ri…
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After latest hack, experts say smart home security systems stink at securing data
"Dr. Richard Forno, assistant director of the Center for Cybersecurity at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, told Digital Trends that these secu…
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Whatever Happened Y2K?
" Dr. Richard Forno, Director of the UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program in the United States, has a modern day scenario for you. “Imagine a world where n…
The Lawfare Podcast: Danielle Citron on Feminism and National Security
Live from the #NatSecGirlSquad Conference in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2019, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Danielle Citron, professor of law at Boston Uni…
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How Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign changed Big Tech forever
"The story prompted outrage at a time when Americans were particularly divided in the wake of Trump’s election and concerned about Russian interference thr…
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The Top 10 Events That Shaped – And Rocked – The Digital Ad Industry Over The Past Decade
"“To be sure, regulations keep tightening controls and intensifying scrutiny on ad tech, [but] until digital gatekeepers, such as browser makers and app st…
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Think Alexa Is Too Creepy For Your Kitchen? Don’t Give It to Aunty Mary.
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor at Northeastern University Law School, offered a more optimistic framing of the WiFi-connected devices — the so-called intern…