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Quibi, JetBlue and Others Gave Away Email Addresses, Report Says
"Privacy experts have raised concerns about leaks of personal information for more than a decade, said Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Pr…
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Privacy groups are still trying to get documents unsealed in Facebook encryption case
"“[U]sers of electronic communications services, and the providers of those services themselves, would not know whether federal law requires providers to w…
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ACLU, Washington Post Fight for Look at Sealed Ruling in Facebook Encryption Case
"ACLU Surveillance and Cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick said O’Neill misstated the Wiretap Act. “The district court did not provide any information…
Contact-tracing apps are not a solution to the COVID-19 crisis
The unprecedented threat from the novel coronavirus has confined many Americans to their homes, distancing them from one another at great cost to local economie…
Zoom and the Problem of Cybersecurity Moral Hazard
A great deal of ink has been spilled regarding the many security vulnerabilities in Zoom teleconferencing software that were discovered after hundreds of millio…
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Stop lying about reading the Terms of Services
"As confirmed over email by Ryan Calo, an associate professor at the UW School of Law, there are not any legal frameworks for consumers to push for more co…
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Supreme Court to Review CFAA for First Time
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society said a change in the interpretatio…
Be very wary of Trump’s health surveillance plans
By Danielle Citron and Geng Ngarmboonanant Danielle Citron, a 2019 MacArthur Fellow, is a professor at Boston University School of Law. Geng Ngarmboonanant is…
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Coronavirus Disproportionately Hurts Minorities. So Could Contact Tracing
"“My fear is that [the coronavirus] will be used as an excuse to expand the reach of surveillance beyond its initial purposes,” said Margaret Hu, a cyber-s…
Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to…
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As Schools Move Online, So Do Security Threats. Here's What Experts Say You Can Do
"Scott Shackelford is the chair of Indiana University's cyber security program. He agrees, and says cyber security is like personal hygiene: it won'…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…