How to build effective cyber defenses
An op-ed from CNN. Top Obama administration officials have been pressing the U.S. Congress hard for legislation to improve network security for the computer sy…
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Computer hacking for 8-year-olds
The hacker who goes by the pseudonym CyFi won't share her real name and declines to be photographed without her signature aviator sunglasses. At the annual…
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Clearing The Air On Skype: Most Of What You Read Was Not Accurate, But There Are Still Reasons To Worry
Hill spoke to legal expert Jennifer Granick who pointed out that just the uncertainty and threat that such legislation might come down the road at some point se…
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Is the government doing enough to protect us online?
At one point, Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, asked the large audience of security…
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This Is What Is Actually 'Terrifying' About Microsoft's Skype Policy
A few days ago, my colleague Eric Jackson wrote a post on speculation that recent changes to Skype’s architecture may have made it easier for Microsoft to tap t…
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The government thinks you should focus on the adversary, but who is the adversary?
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford University, asked the crowd to raise their hands for a quick straw poll: “Who is more afraid of Google…
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Black Hat panel: Which do you trust less with your data, the U.S. government or Google?
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Black Hat Conference here, a panel of experts got together to expound on what they see as the privacy and security mess…
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Black Hat draws world hacking gang – and Apple – to Sin City
The 2012 Black Hat conference is kicking off in Las Vegas, and this year's session will see Apple presenting for the first time, as well as a reunion of som…
CODE 2600
Synopsis: CODE 2600 documents the rise of the Information Technology Age as told through the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. The film expl…
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Revised Cybersecurity Act Needs Amendments for Privacy, Security
The revised Cybersecurity Act sponsored by Lieberman and Collins needs work. It's provisions expand the government's ability to conduct network surveil…
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New Cybersecurity Bill Available
Senators Lieberman and Collins have just released a revised version of cybersecurity legislation proposed earlier this summer. Weighing in at 211 pages, we have…
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Marvin Ammori on Cyber Warfare and Cyber Security
Marvin Ammori is an Internet law expert who has contributed to promoting freedom and security online. He spent years as a lead advocate for network neutrality,…