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Are Geek Squad agents spying for the FBI?
"Finding child porn is one thing; courts have typically deferred to law enforcement on such matters, said Scott Shackelford, an associate professor of busi…
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British PM seeks to knock terrorists’ planning offline
"“It’s playing whack-a-mole,” said Richard Forno, who directs the graduate cybersecurity program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “The bad…
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In Trump’s America, Black Lives Matter activists grow wary of their smartphones
"As a longtime political activist, Malkia Cyril knows how smartphones helped fuel Black Lives Matter protests with outraged tweets and viral videos. But no…
The American debate on surveillance and cryptography
Lecture held during the First International Congress of Fundamental Rights and Criminal Procedure in the Digital Age, organized by InternetLab in partnership wi…
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Newly revived lawsuit could reveal secrets of NSA surveillance program
"Not only will it likely reveal more about the secret NSA surveillance program, but it could also potentially end such surveillance, explained Jennifer Gra…
American Spies
If you attended a recent march to protest, wrote a check to the ACLU, or recently visited a politically leaning website, consider yourself an activist, says Sta…
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The New FISA Reform Still Doesn’t Protect Your Privacy
"And as Jennifer Granick notes in her excellent new book American Spies, executive-branch claims that Section 702 has been vital to preventing terrorist at…
Sean Spicer just suggested that Obama used British intelligence to spy on Trump. Britain isn’t happy.
In his daily press briefing yesterday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated a claim that President Barack Obama had used British spies to surveil Pr…
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Sean Spicer just suggested that Obama used British intelligence to spy on Trump. Britain isn’t happy.
"Some people writing on intelligence and surveillance note that close working relations such as this can allow intelligence agencies to evade domestic cont…
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Facebook data 'off-limits' for spy tools
"Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, said: "When technology companies allow their platforms and devices to be used to co…
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Facebook warns developers against using data for ‘surveillance’
"“We applaud this first step from Facebook and encourage all technology companies to stand on the side of history that supports human rights and dignity,”…
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Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
"It was also unclear how the companies would enforce their policies, said Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, a nonprofit tha…