Apple vulnerability is surprising, but journalists should stick with iPhones
A rare and serious vulnerability in Apple's iOS operating system has been discovered by researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, which to…
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Apple vulnerability is surprising, but journalists should stick with iPhones
""Building secure software is a highly challenging task, even for a world-class team such as Apple's," Riana Pfefferkorn, Cryptography Fellow…
When the Cops Come A-Knocking: Handling Technical Assistance Demands from Law Enforcement
What kind of surveillance assistance can the U.S. government force companies to provide? This issue has entered the public consciousness due to the FBI's de…
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Government data requests have little legal backing say experts
"The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties, and Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow, said at Blac…
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At Black Hat, a Reminder That Decryption Can’t Be Legally Mandated
"“If you’re ever asked to do something like this, you have a lot of strong legal arguments to say no,” said Jennifer Granick, the Director of Civil Liberti…
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#BHUSA Build Backdoors and Government Will Use Them
"In a session at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Stanford Center for Internet and Society director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick and Cryptogra…
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When Law Enforcement Comes Knocking, Companies Can Start Fighting
"Touching on cases like the Snowden or the Lavabit incidents, the duo strongly emphasized that companies should start asking themselves a couple of questio…
When the Cops Come A-Knocking: Handling Technical Assistance Demands from Law Enforcement
Slides from the BlackHat 2016 presentation by Jennifer Granick and Riana Pfefferkorn titled "When the Cops Come A-Knocking: Handling Technical Assistance D…
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Reporter’s Detention Fuels Debate Over Cellphone Searches
"Geoffrey King, technology program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said such policies could jeopardize the safety and careers of repor…
The Encryption Debate: All Quiet on the Western Front?
The US war on encryption has quieted down recently. The San Bernardino and Brooklyncourt cases concerning encrypted iPhones both ended this spring not with a ba…