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How to Keep Your Mobile Banking Safe
"But even authentication codes sent via text message aren’t entirely secure, as hackers can gain control of your phone through a so-called SIM swap—in whic…
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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…
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What you should expect of elected officials when it comes to protecting data online
""One of the toughest things is that for most of us, being online is no longer an optional thing; it's a mandatory thing," says Jennifer King…
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Lake County takes precautions after ransomware attack shuts down email server for more than 2 weeks
"But, depending on the type of data that is at stake or the consequences of not recovering data can complicate a ransomware attack, said Scott Shackelford,…
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Q&A: LAW’s Danielle Citron Warns That Deepfake Videos Could Undermine the 2020 Election
Danielle Citron is worried. Deepfake videos are here—you may have watched one already and not even realized it—and they could undermine the 2020 presidential el…
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48 states are probing Google on antitrust grounds. Why isn’t California?
"“On the one hand, you could just say, ‘Well, Google is dominant because they’re good,’” said Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law Sc…
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Don’t ignore serious nonmilitary threats to US national security
Almost two decades after thousands died in the attacks of 9/11, there remain many active efforts underway to protect America from international terrorism. Sinc…
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Tech companies meet with US intelligence on 2020 election
"“At Google, we’ve invested in robust systems to detect phishing and hacking attempts, identify foreign interference on our platforms and protect campaigns…
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The Pentagon is looking for an AI ethicist
"Patrick Lin, the director of the ethics and emerging sciences board at California Polytechnic State University, told FCW that private-sector employee prot…
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The FBI visits Facebook to talk about 2020 election security, with Google, Microsoft and Twitter joining
"Google is investing in systems to detect phishing and hacking attempts, identify foreign interference on its platforms and protect candidates’ campaigns f…
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One state has banned unsolicited dick pics. Will it fix the problem?
"The law may also face trouble in court, experts say. Sending nude pictures “enjoys the protection of the First Amendment because it is not a true threat,…
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Should we police online hate groups?
"Hate speech that isn’t an imminent threat is still protected by the Constitution, noted Daphne Keller, a researcher at Stanford’s Center for Internet and…