Opinion: How to fix an internet of broken things
The massive distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack that paralyzed much of the web last week focused a bright spotlight on insecurities in the so-called…
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It probably wasn’t Russia who attacked the Internet today. That’s what’s scary.
As users of Twitter and many other services probably know, large parts of the Internet weren’t working Friday, thanks to a hacking attack on the Internet’s infr…
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CIA-backed surveillance software was marketed in public schools wanting to monitor students' social media posts
""Discovering that Geofeedia was not only being used by social media sites to help police spy on activists of color was disturbing enough," said…
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Racial Disparities in Police 'Stingray' Surveillance, Mapped
"“We have to ask the question: ‘What are you doing with all that data?’,” says Malkia Cyril of the Center for Media Justice. “We don’t know—that’s part of…
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"Tool Without A Handle" - Mobile Tools
“Tool Without a Handle” – Mobile Tools This post continues my thoughts on qualities of digital tools that have helped make political and artistic expression mo…
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Activists, the police may be watching your Facebook page
"“At every protest, we assume we’re being spied on, because we know we are,” said Malkia Cyril, the executive director of the Center for Media Justice acti…
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Lawmakers try to stop mass hacking of Americans' computers by feds
""The use of various forms of (hacking) . . . are more invasive than other searches because they often have unknown, widespread, and sometimes destruc…
Cybersecurity Expert Discusses Voting, Hackers
"FBI Director James Comey has said that voter-registration sites in at least a dozen states — including Arizona — were targeted by hackers. Department of…
Does privacy have a future?
Jennifer Granick talks about how notions of privacy have changed over the years and where she thinks things are headed in the future. She is a professor at the…
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Researchers Ask Court To Unseal Documents Related To Technical Assistance Requests And Electronic Surveillance Warrants
"Now, we have researchers Jennifer Granick and Riana Pfefferkorn petitioning [PDF] the Northern District of California court to unseal documents related to…
Assault With a Deadly Tweet?
Social media has raised tricky questions that judges are beginning to try to answer. It’s been found possible to violate a restraining order by becoming an unwa…
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram sent feeds that helped police track minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore, report says
"“Police spying on social media has a disproportionate impact on black people,” said Malkia Cyril, the executive director of the Center for Media Justice,…