The Carpenter Chronicle: A Near-Perfect Surveillance
On May 24, 1844, a crowd gathered inside the United States Supreme Court chambers in the basement of the Capitol, eagerly awaiting a demonstration of an amazing…
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New Whitepaper: Security Risks of Government Hacking
Today, CIS is publishing a whitepaper called “Security Risks of Government Hacking.” Also called “equipment interference” or “lawful hacking,” government hackin…
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NSA leader to hackers: Cybersecurity’s a team sport
"His omissions underscore two of the agency’s biggest current problems, says Richard Forno, director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program at the Universit…
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Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds hearing on blockchain technology
"In his testimony, Arvind Narayanan, associate professor of computer science at Princeton University, discussed the cybersecurity implications of blockchai…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Tech giants open up about election cyberthreats as specter of regulation looms
"“It’s a corporate win-win,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a Northeastern University law professor specializing in technology policy. “There’s no downside for com…
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How Wireless Carriers Get Permission to Share Your Whereabouts
"“That was a green light for telecommunications carriers to monetize customer location data,” said Stanford University law professor Al Gidari, who helped…
Thanks to Amazon, the government will soon be able to track your face
Amazon, the company synonymous with online shopping, is supplying facial recognition technology to government and law enforcement agencies over its web services…
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Foreign spying comes under new scrutiny from lawmakers
"“The federal government is the largest consumer of commercial wireless services and is susceptible to the same cybersecurity risks in our communications i…
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'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers
"“These tools are common, widespread, intrusive and legal,” said Al Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.…
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Law, Borders, and Speech: Law Enforcement Access to User Data
This piece is exerpted from the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference Proceedings Volume. The conference, convened by Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
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Facebook among tech firms battling gag orders over government surveillance
"“Twitter wants to be able to report the precise number so that users understand it’s not a continuing stream of hundreds of accounts being monitored,” sai…
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Lawyers: How can we scrutinize surveillance records that remain sealed?
"In re: Petition of Jennifer Granick and Riana Pfefferkorn to unseal technical-assistance orders and materials began last year, when the two Stanford Unive…