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"Smart Cities" Are Too Smart for Your Privacy
No one wants to live in a “dumb” city. But I question whether anyone ought to want to live in a really smart city either. I’d prefer to just live in a smarter…
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Law Profs Say Government Has Power to Demand Companies Protect Consumer Data
"On Feb. 16, eight privacy and security law professors—Kenneth A. Bamberger, Woodrow Hartzog, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, William McGeveran, Deirdre K. Mulligan,…
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Jennifer Granick on spying: ‘The more we collect, the less we know’ (Q&A)
"“Spying is thriving” because little is understood about how pervasive it is. So writes Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law Scho…
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‘Alexa, Call My Mom!’ — Will The Echo Become A Phone?
"We’re headed to a world of embedded sensors in everything, that measure everything, that see everything, that hear everything,” said Albert Gidari, direct…
Eavesdropping on Flynn was the legal, obvious intelligence move
Does the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence understand intelligence gathering? After all, that committee is charged with oversight over the Unite…
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Regulate That Hairbrush? Cyberlaw Experts Say Maybe
"“Seriously, a hairbrush? Do we really need that to be connected to the internet?” LeBlanc asked. Danielle Citron, a nationally known online safety and pri…
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What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?
"One of House’s lawyers, Catherine Crump, who was then an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and now teaches law at the University of Californi…
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Amazon and Google Consider Turning Amazon and Google Consider Turning Smart Speakers Into Home Phones
"“We’re headed to a world of embedded sensors in everything, that measure everything, that see everything, that hear everything,” says Albert Gidari, direc…
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What Happens When the Computer That Keeps You Alive Can Also Put You In Jail?
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who focuses on emerging technologies, said that evidence from devices like pacemakers shouldn’t…
Celebrating Hackentine's Day
The House recently passed legislation that would update the Stored Communications Act, a measure that dictates how law enforcement can gain access to electronic…
Should cybersecurity be a human right?
Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to forma…
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A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
"Those more involved subversion techniques, warns University of California at Davis law professor Elizabeth Joh, also create the risk that you’ll also arou…