What Happens When Employers Can Read Your Facial Expressions?
Facial recognition technology, once a darling of Silicon Valley with applications for policing, spying and authenticating identities, is suddenly under fire. Co…
Electronic Surveillance
Reply Brief to the Ninth Circuit re Motion to Unseal (Facebook Messenger)
Reply brief of Movants-Appellants EFF, ACLU, and Riana Pfefferkorn to the Ninth Circuit in our appeal from the district court's denial of our motion to unse…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Experts slam Justice's move to make child exploitation the face of anti-encryption push
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, said the strategy provid…
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William Barr and Winnie the Pooh
Right now, Chinese users of WeChat, an app that includes text, video, and picture messaging plus a Facebook-style news feed (among many other features), can'…
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The terrifying now of big data and surveillance: A conversation with Jennifer Granick
Concerns are growing around privacy and government surveillance in today’s hyper-connected world. Technology is smarter and faster than ever — and so are govern…
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As facial recognition software becomes more ubiquitous, some governments slam on the brakes
"“It’s the first time I’ve seen communities put a moratorium on the use of a surveillance technology,” says Catherine Crump, director of the Samuelson Law,…
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Secret F.B.I. Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data From Scores of Companies
"Albert Gidari, a lawyer who long represented tech and telecommunications companies and is now the privacy director at Stanford’s Center for Internet and S…
Privacy advocates worry that consumer license plate readers are creating a nosier neighborhood watch
License plate scanners were once a law enforcement tool. Now, private citizens have access to this powerful surveillance technology through new starts ups like…
Submission to the Australian Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
Submission to the Australian Independent National Security Legislation Monitor's review of the Assistance and Access Act 2018. * Publication Type:Other…
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A magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone — is that legal?
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue of compelling defe…
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Smart Cities
"Smart Cities" is a euphemism for the creation of a digital infrastructure at all levels of government and in public spaces for the collection and pro…
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Open Courts
Transparency has always been essential to the rule of law and the legitimacy of our court system. But government secrecy has grown dramatically over the last fe…