Truth and Power - About The Issue: Cell Phone Surveillance
Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties, is in this episode discussing Stingray technology. "Truth and Power" highlights Daniel Rigmaiden, the…
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New Berkman Center Report Assures Us That Law Enforcement Isn't "Going Dark"
The Berklett Cybersecurity Project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University has just released a new report on the so-called “going d…
James Comey’s Default-Encryption Bogeyman
FBI Director James Comey recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee that encryption routinely poses a problem for law enforcement. He stated that encryption h…
Keeping Secrets
What ifyour research could help solve a looming national problem, but government officials thought publishing it would be tantamount to treason? A Stanford prof…
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CIS Joins ACLU and ACLU of Northern California in FOIA Request to Justice Department Seeking Info on Phone Unlocking Orders
In October, we covered a significant case in Brooklyn federal court that tackles the hot-button issue of whether tech companies should be compelled to provide l…
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New UK law enforcement bill would prohibit effective encryption
Last week, the government of the United Kingdom proposed a bill that would codify and expand the surveillance powers afforded to UK intelligence and law enforce…
A Quick Update: Apple, Privacy, and the All Writs Act of 1789
Here’s the latest in the encryption case we’ve been writing about in which the Justice Department is asking Magistrate Judge James Orenstein to order Apple to u…
The All Writs Act, Software Licenses, and Why Judges Should Ask More Questions
Pending before federal magistrate judge James Orenstein is the government’s request for an order obligating Apple, Inc. to unlock an iPhone and thereby assist p…
Update on Apple’s Compelled-Decryption Case
Last week, we wrote about an order from a federal magistrate judge in New York that questioned the government’s ability, under an ancient federal law called the…
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Federal judge shines a spotlight on the “going dark” debate
Last Friday, a New York federal judge joined in the contentious current debate over whether tech companies should be forced to provide law enforcement the abili…
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Data and protecting the right to privacy
Cross-posted from the Knight Foundation. Video: Knight News Challenge: Data. Jennifer Granick is director of civil liberties at the Center for Internet and So…
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Things We STILL Need To Know About Domestic Spying
In two years, section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act will expire. It is essential the public to have confidence that any reforms to section 702 will actually ad…