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Microsoft Looms Over the Privacy Debate in Its Home State
"Two Microsoft employees sat opposite one another in a Washington State Senate hearing room last Wednesday. Ryan Harkins, the company’s senior director of…
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One State May Become the First to Ban Law Enforcement Use of Genealogy Databases
"Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that cases like the Golden State Killer make it difficult…
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Apple iCloud: How safe is it from hackers?
""Apple typically encrypts those backups in a way that provides security against hackers while still also enabling Apple to provide the decrypted data…
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The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University in Boston, sees Clearview as the latest proof that facial recognition…
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Two iPhones or the privacy of billions: Why Apple vs. the FBI matters
"“There’s blood in the water,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society…
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Trump urges Apple to unlock Pensacola gunman’s iPhones
"“The government’s demand is dangerous and unconstitutional, and would weaken the security of millions of iPhones,” said ACLU Surveillance and Cybersecurit…
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Instagram takes heat for removing pro-Soleimani content
"“The sanctions law doesn’t prohibit and couldn’t prohibit people from posting things in favor of or against a particular sanctioned person or entity,” Jen…
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What’s New About the Latest Fight Between Apple and the FBI
"“It is a worse problem for the government to pressure and demand that Apple stop innovating on security,” says Jennifer Granick, who serves as surveillanc…
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Apple’s Refusal to Create iPhone Backdoor Pits Public Safety Against Personal Privacy
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said people should…
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How to Keep Child Predators Out of Virtual Playgrounds Like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Minecraft’
"In the case of gaming platforms and child grooming, that might mean at the very least offering reporting mechanisms for users — and acting on them. That w…
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Apple has reignited a privacy battle with the Trump administration by declining to unlock a mass shooter's iPhones
""There is simply no way for Apple, or any other company, to provide the FBI access to encrypted communications without also providing it to authorita…
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'We Can't Be Complacent' About the Crypto Debate
"But Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, who has been involved in the encryption debate for man…