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Houston Police Choose Surveillance Over Presence at Super Bowl
"Margaret Hu is an associate professor of law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law who has studied the surveillance techniques used by IBM at…
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Overcoming ‘cyber-fatigue’ requires users to step up for security
As a new presidential administration takes over, it will need to pay significant attention to cybersecurity. Indeed, we’ve already been told to expect “a compre…
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Your 'anonmyized' web browsing history may not be anonymous
""It is already known that some companies, such as Google and Facebook, track users online and know their identities," said Arvind Narayanan, an…
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For the sake of national security, Donald Trump needs to trade in his cellphone
"If Trump or his aides insist on carrying commercial-grade phones, they should never be taken into high-level meetings, since there are known exploits that…
How journalists can protect themselves while covering protests
Protesters call attention to economic, environmental, racial, gender-based and other forms of injustice. For journalists covering political movements, reporting…
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Oakland tightening surveillance oversight
"Catherine Crump of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology said surveillance is an issue throughout the country. “Oakland is far from the only city in…
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Civil rights groups urge Facebook to fix 'racially biased' moderation system
"“These posts are threatening our lives,” said Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, who monitors threats posted on Black Lives…
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How FamilyTreeNow Makes Stalking Easy
"Companies rarely get in trouble if someone the uses personal information they sell in an unauthorized way, creating a “Wild West” where data brokers and p…
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Tool Without a Handle: "Trustworthy Tools"
“Tool Without a Handle: Trustworthy Tools” “’What is truth?’ said jesting Pilate, who did not stay for an answer.” – Francis Bacon, Of Truth (Essays, Civil an…
On Trevor Paglen’s Sight Machine
At the FOG Design + Art fair on Saturday, January 14, 2017 I was on a panel discussing Trevor Paglen’s new performance piece in collaboration with the Kronos Qu…
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Devices sprout ears: What do Alexa and Siri mean for privacy?
"For the Echo, however, it’s more complicated. “The cost of the device is not the ultimate revenue for these companies – advertising and personal informati…
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Cell Phone Hacking Company Hacked; 900 GB Of Logins, Log Files, And Forensic Evidence Taken
"Riana Pfefferkorn -- who helped write an amicus brief on Apple's behalf (along with several other security researchers and professors) -- pointed out…