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Tool Without A Handle: A Duty of Candor
“Tool Without A Handle: A Duty of Candor” The law and legal professional ethics require of counsel a duty of candor in the practice of law.[1] This includes…
Cybersecurity
In a world of cyber threats, the push for cyber peace is growing
Digital conflict and military action are increasingly intertwined, and civilian targets – private businesses and everyday internet users alike – are vulnerable…
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Some say Internet access is a human right. What happens when a government decides to shut it down?
"Richard Forno, assistant director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County center for cybersecurity, disapproves of India’s actions but questions wh…
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Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Crypto & Privacy Village, which is part of the massive DEF CON computer security conference (and which I help…
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California Supreme Court strengthens digital privacy rights for probationers
"“The (Supreme) Court says the record is way too thin to justify such a sweeping invasion into his private life,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a researcher who…
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A military prototype smartphone hints at the risks of biometric security
"“Even if the phones are well secured, allowing the vendor to take the data off the device and store it on their servers would be a source of security risk…
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DEF CON and Feds Partner on Anonymous Bug Submission Program
"“We are thinking very much about functionality. What happens if the box is taken? Then obviously, if the box is taken we have technological concerns about…
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A magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone — is that legal?
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue of compelling defe…
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Facebook transparency effort fails to stop shady political ads
""Fundamentally, we're in a very similar position in 2020 that we were in during 2016," said Marshall Erwin, a senior staff analyst at Mozill…
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Smart Cities
"Smart Cities" is a euphemism for the creation of a digital infrastructure at all levels of government and in public spaces for the collection and pro…
Project
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Open Courts
Transparency has always been essential to the rule of law and the legitimacy of our court system. But government secrecy has grown dramatically over the last fe…
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Capital One Took Nearly Two Weeks to Disclose Its Hack and Customers Still Don’t Know if They Were Affected
"“Whatever the law says, it’s not good corporate practice to leave consumers in the dark about their data being exfiltrated,” says Ryan Calo, a law profess…