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The Argument Against a Mobile Device Backdoor for Government
"The 'responsible encryption' demanded by law enforcement and some politicians will not prevent criminals 'going dark'; will weaken cyber s…
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Texas killings may aid Rosenstein’s crusade on encryption
"“It’s basically the gloves coming off,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society. Indeed, P…
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Another mass shooting, another locked phone
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the phone could contain information not available elsewhere…
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'Sextortion' case fuels legal debate over phone passwords
"That right also applies to acts that are "testimonial" and have communicative aspects, according to Jennifer Granick, director of civil libertie…
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Miami sextortion case asks if a suspect can be forced to decrypt an iPhone
""It differs in that the victim often wears a fur bikini, but is not otherwise an out-of-the-ordinary dispute over this issue in my opinion," Jen…
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How Long Can Border Agents Keep Your Email Password?
"“Based on the policy and reported incidents, my best guess is that CBP agents have broad discretion to keep login credentials if they think they will have…
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Judge: No, feds can’t nab all Apple devices and try everyone’s fingerprints
"Riana Pfefferkorn, one of the lawyers who first found this judicial opinion and publicized it on Twitter, told Ars that part of the problem with these typ…
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Federal Court: Cops Can't Just Walk Into A Building And Force Unlock iPhones With Finger
"In an opinion found by Stanford cryptography fellow Riana Pfefferkorn, from magistrate Judge M. David Weisman (published below), the court denied the gove…
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What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?
"One of House’s lawyers, Catherine Crump, who was then an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and now teaches law at the University of Californi…
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Symposium Print Preview: Reflection on iGovernance and Professor Scott Shackelford’s Presentation
"“Our decision to conclude the litigation was based solely on the fact that, with the recent assistance of a third party, we are now able to unlock that iP…
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Apple v. FBI
Arguing that if the court should not compel Apple to create software to enable unlocking and search of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, it will jeopardize d…
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Researchers file for access to court orders that force companies to break their own encryption
"The researchers are members of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and part of the organization’s Crypto Policy Project, a group es…