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Seizure-inducing tweet leads to a new kind of prosecution
"“What is new, because of the technology, is the ease with which certain individuals can be targeted across state lines by remotely distant perpetrators,”…
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The $4 trillion question
"“Privacy preferences vary among individuals, over time, and between stated belief and actual practice,” Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at…
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Will the Yahoo breach indictments be an effective hacker deterrent?
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said, at best, an "indictment is better than silen…
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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It’s Time for Facebook to Deal With the Grimy History of Revenge Porn
"Nor was it confined to ex-partners. “Data breaches were starting to be a dime a dozen, and this is when people started hacking into women’s computers and…
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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…
Will Election Hacking Split NATO?
NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, has reportedly suggested that NATO may consider Russian interference in upcoming Eur…
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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 and Instagram ban developers from using data for surveillance
"“We need to see a situation where activists don’t even have to prompt Facebook to take action,” Cyril said. “We need to see real consistent and clear enfo…
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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…
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Are Philly’s body-worn camera policies fair? Here’s how one expert will testify
"At the hearing, happening today at 1 p.m., Harlan Yu — principal at D.C.-based policy and technology think-tank Upturn — will take the mic to explain how…