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Someone is watching your Uber driver
"“With each degree of greater control that is exercised over the driver, Uber may find itself traveling down a path where a court might say there is an ina…
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Court ruling in child-porn case stirs privacy fears
"“This is the opinion of one court judge,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University. “Other courts will, at best, find this to be…
Biometrics in Banking Is Not Secure
Hacking of banks and identities is big business. An estimated 17.6 million Americans were subject to identity theft in 2014, mostly through breached bank accoun…
The Law of Cyber Peace
Abstract: Increasing and worthwhile attention has been paid to applying existing international law to the cause of enhancing global cybersecurity. The bulk of…
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Man arrested after Twitter threats are made against U.S. senators
"“The accused in this case could (and may well) raise . . . First Amendment challenges” to the Twitter ban, Scott Shackelford, a professor of cybersecurity…
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Facebook is using your phone’s location to suggest new friends—which could be a privacy disaster
"“Using location data this way is dangerous,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at Samford University, via email. “People need to keep their visits to…
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Rape threats on a stranger’s Facebook photo could land a man in prison. Why that’s a big deal.
"While the legal treatment of online harassment differs from country to country, such incidents point to a growing and broader awareness among the public a…
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How to find bad drivers on the road near you
"“We’re losing some of the granularity between car and driver that we’ve had in other contexts,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer sci…
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Legislating Against Revenge Porn: The Constitutional Pitfalls
"Revenge porn is a relatively new, yet extremely contentious topic. The act of violating someone's privacy in this manner, exposing their most intimate…
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Proposals to curb online speech viewed as threat to open internet
""This is the next evolution of political suppression," said Richard Forno, assistant director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ce…
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Tech Companies Fight Back After Years of Being Deluged With Secret FBI Requests
"“Many small companies don’t read these things carefully,” Albert Gidari, a prominent national security attorney who worked on many cases involving such le…
Apple wants to know users better without knowing them
"While Google has used differential privacy to analyze user data from its Chrome browser, Apple is the first major tech company to adopt it more widely and…