Smart is Not Enough
Abstract Despite increasing concern from the information security community, it is far from clear that even the smartest of U.S. cities are in a position to de…
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Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned
"“Courts and police are increasingly using software to make decisions in the criminal justice system about bail, sentencing, and probability-matching for D…
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Ransomware Hits City Of Albany Computers
"Brian Nussbaum is an assistant professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany. "…
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The privacy paradox
""Some of these companies have so much power that we don't have much choice but to use their services — and we can't use these services withou…
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Americans Still Don't Trust Self-Driving Cars, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
"Self-driving expert Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina, said a number of companies “don’t actually want to sell peop…
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Care.com Removes Tens of Thousands of Unverified Listings
"The issue highlights the pressure on many internet platforms to attract customers by presenting a critical mass of listings to demonstrate scale, says Dap…
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Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
In collaboration with CIS Visiting Research Scholar Jana Gooth, we have (belatedly) submitted comments to the California Attorney General's office regarding…
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Protecting Senators from Cyber Threats
On Wednesday, Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Cotton (R-AR) introduced a bipartisan bill that, if passed, will enhance the Senate Sergeant at Arm's ability to def…
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Meet Trump's Least Favorite Lawyers Defending CNN, BuzzFeed's Dossier and Media Rights
""There were a lot of firms pitching us, and many had strong thoughts," says Nabiha Syed, vp and associate general counsel at BuzzFeed. "Som…
A Consumer DNA Testing Company’s Alarming New Marketing Pivot
Sometimes a marketing pivot serves a truth-telling function. A new television ad for the consumer DNA database FamilyTreeDNA asks the public to share their DNA…
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Cute robots, smart underwear, and facial recognition in church: Have we gone too far?
"In the near future, robots might be able to manipulate our emotions, everyone will be rated on everything, and we won’t be able to trust our own eyes, Woo…
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Forget Photoshop. Adobe Is a Marketing Company Now
"This can’t help but sound tone-deaf at a time when the technology industry generates privacy scandals on a near-daily basis. Adobe says it’s helping creat…