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The Supreme Court Will Hear Its First Big CFAA Case
“The Supreme Court’s opinion in this case could decide whether millions of ordinary Americans are committing a federal crime whenever they engage in computer ac…
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Google must disclose emails in Russian oligarch's divorce
Albert Gidari of Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society said the judge probably didn't want to hold up a trial set for Nov 30 in London.&…
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Deep-Dive Discussion about Cybersecurity with Riana Pfefferkorn
Riana Pfefferkorn is the Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. Riana’s work focuses on investiga…
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With the increased focus of ransomware attacks in health care, what other sector or type of business should be on high alert?
We pay a lot of attention to the potential for attacks on critical infrastructure in areas such as energy (power plants, electrical grid, etc.), but I'm won…
What's New in the US Crypto Wars
Encryption has been a topic of heated debate in the United States and worldwide during the last six years. The COVID-19 epidemic added a new twist to the debate…
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Tesla 'full self-driving' comes under fire: 'This is actively misleading people'
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies autonomous vehicles, said it was bad enough that Tesla was using the term “Autopil…
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The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone
Phone-hacking tools “have served as a kind of a safety valve for the encryption debate,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a Stanford University researcher who studies en…
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Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies autonomous vehicles, said it was bad enough that Tesla was using the term “Autopil…
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Amazon imagines a world where you pay with your hand. Privacy experts aren’t so sure.
“There’s always something about the physical that catches our attention,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an associate law professor at the University of South Caroli…
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Uber self-driving car operator charged in pedestrian death
Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who studies autonomous vehicles, expressed concern about the signal it sends…
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Human Driver of ‘Driverless’ Car Charged in 2018 Ped Death
“The fact that this driver has been charged with a crime does not vindicate Uber in any way,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer, engineer, and internationally…
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Where Are the Self-Driving Cars?
“Comparing disengagement rates between companies is worse than meaningless: It creates perverse incentives….If I wanted to look even better, I’d do a ton of eas…