Tech addiction & the dark art of persuasive design
‘Read Me’ Or Just Tap ‘I Agree’ There’s a huge group of people at work behind our screens. They’re called behaviour architects, persuasive designers or user-ex…
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Capital One Breach Is Case Study in Cyber Defenses, Vulnerabilities
"IU cybersecurity program chair Scott Shackelford says that's a stark contrast to the just-settled Equifax breach two years ago. which he calls "a…
The stubborn, misguided myth that Internet platforms must be ‘neutral’
Lately, politicians and news sources have been repeating a persistent myth about, of all things, technology law. The myth concerns a provision of the 1996 Commu…
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 22: Navigating Intermediary Liability for the Internet – A Conversation with Daphne Keller
The question of what responsibility should lie with Internet platforms for the content they host that is posted by their users has been the subject of debate ar…
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Payouts Make Ransomware Attractive to Hackers, Experts Warn
"Scott Shackelford, chair of the IU Cybersecurity Program, said while cyberattacks of governmental agencies have occurred since the late 1990s, he agrees t…
Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion
Abstract Liberals claim that globalization has led to fragmentation and decentralized networks of power relations. This does not explain how states increasingl…
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How police might access your Lyft, Tinder and Google accounts in a criminal investigation
"“Absolutely, requests for large swaths of data increase the chances for innocent people to be swept up in investigations,” said Pfefferkorn. “Users shoul…
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xAG Barr rails against encryption — but security experts have heard it before
"“Sophisticated criminals will continue to have access to encryption even if the law is changed,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveil…
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Universities are expanding cybersecurity education to meet broad demand
"“Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue,” said Scott Shackelford, director of Indiana University’s new cybersecurity clinic. “It’s just something tha…
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Considering deleting FaceApp? It won't be easy to get your data back
""[When] you delete an app, it just means you can't use it anymore," said Jen King, Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School's…
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Facebook Ad Library API had “major bugs” during EU elections
"“Our documentation of the broken API provides Facebook [with] a clear roadmap to make the necessary improvements to deliver a functioning and useful API,”…
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Equifax endangered millions. It’s now hoping you won’t seek $125 in compensation
"Jen King, director consumer privacy for Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, said she doesn’t expect Congress to act on a federal privac…