Data Privacy and Encryption Issues for Boards with Riana Pfefferkorn
The Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance talks to Riana Pfefferkorn, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for In…
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US officials say they've cracked Pensacola shooter’s iPhones, blast Apple
"“Barr’s and Wray’s speeches make it clear that, even if the government has the capability to get into locked phones, it’s far from giving up on its quest…
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The FBI cracked another iPhone — but it's still not happy with Apple
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, noted that the FBI was eventually…
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iPhone spyware lets police log suspects' passcodes when cracking doesn't work
"“Law enforcement use of this ‘agent’ keylogger feature can be legal, so long as the warrant the government gets to search and seize the device spells out…
Out of the Political Trenches: Next Steps for Encryption Policy
The decades-old debate between governments and key tech companies over encryption has flared up again. From Australia to the U.S. Congress, encryption policy is…
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Client-Side Scanning and Winnie-the-Pooh Redux (Plus Some Thoughts on Zoom)
Return to Pooh Corner Seven months ago, I published this blog post about the idea of fighting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in an end-to-end encrypted wor…
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An EARN IT Alternative That Might Actually Help Children
Yesterday, a group of Democratic congressmembers, headed by online speech and privacy champion Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), unveiled their answer to the disastrous…
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Born in India, Cyber Peace Corps Trains Tacklers of Disinformation, Online Challenges
"AmeriCorps has no cyber-specific component though, and Scott Shackelford, cybersecurity program chair at Indiana University-Bloomington and Cyber Peace Fo…
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New 'EARN IT Act' Alternative Seeks $5 Billion to Hunt Child Predators Without Wrecking Encryption
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, labeled the bill a “sneak ban on…
The EARN IT Act is a disaster amid the COVID-19 crisis
Before the novel coronavirus arrived on its shores, the United States had spent decades becoming a heavily digitized society. Now, the pandemic is deepening tha…
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You Have the Right to Know What the Law Is
In our democratic system of government, the legislature passes laws, the executive branch enforces them, and the courts interpret them when disputes arise about…
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FBI Director Wray Previously Represented Facebook in Encryption Fight Before Turning Critic
"Although the details of the WhatsApp case Mr. Wray worked on are unclear, it is likely that the government was asking WhatsApp for a way to circumvent the…