The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Powe
Abstract Sharing economy firms such as Uber and Airbnb facilitate trusted transactions between strangers on digital platforms. This creates economic and other…
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Assange: WikiLeaks will help tech firms defend against CIA hacking
"Although it would be “unheard of” for the federal government to prosecute a company for using leaked classified information to improve its products, there…
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The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn? This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Richard Forno, University…
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With the latest WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA – is privacy really dead?
"“I don’t think there’s been absolute privacy in the history of mankind,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and S…
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Nameless and shameless
"As Shaheen Shariff, professor of integrated studies at McGill University explains, the protection of a pseudonym allows people to easily throw out insults…
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The Latest Victim of Uber's Disruption May Be Itself
"In Rosenblat and Calo’s view, government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission need to more actively step up and investigate possible abuses by peer-…
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WikiLeaks Will Help Tech Companies Fix Security Flaws, Assange Says
"While WikiLeaks has often been criticized for releasing sensitive data without regard for the consequences, Mr. Assange is acting responsibly this time, s…
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WikiLeaks Publishes Files It Says Are Biggest Leak of Secret CIA Documents
"Tuesday’s document dump mirrors the one WikiLeaks carried out when it exposed cyber toolkits used by the National Security Agency, and frankly, is not tha…
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The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit
"In United States v. Jay Michaud the indictment will be dismissed without prejudice, meaning that the DoJ can pick the case up again within the statute of…
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Tool Without a Handle: "Trustworthy Tools" - Part 2
In my previous blog on propaganda, I noted that private information, when stolen and put in a public context, can prove useful for propaganda efforts. This pos…
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Twitter to police abuse in major shift
""Twitter has been proceeding carefully and thoughtfully in thinking through and rolling out tools designed to help harassment victims," said Uni…
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Our Bots, Ourselves
"According to university law professors Woodrow Hartzog and Danielle Citron, “It is the first such complaint by the FTC that involved bots designed to acti…