Press
•
Will the Constitution Protect Your Next Smartphone?
"But these decisions don’t necessarily mean the debate over the Fifth Amendment and fingerprint readers is all wrapped up, says Al Gidari, a technology law…
Privacy
A First Amendment For Social Platforms
The great 21st-century platforms — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, and the rest — have this year found themselves in the middle of the speech wars. Twitte…
Press
•
Outing is totally still a thing, people
"“The fact is we have made some important progress with regard to the LGBT community; what 50 years ago was a crime is now in some states protected by anti…
The U.S. wants to maintain cross-border data flows. That may be tough.
"Karen Kornbluh, the former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has a new cyber brief making the case for…
It’s important for SF to get body-camera rules for police right
After months of consideration, the San Francisco Police Commission approved rules Wednesday for use of the latest innovation sweeping law enforcement nationwide…
Press
•
Ransomware Attacks Are Still On The Rise, Experts Warn
"One problem, says Brian Nussbaum, a former intelligence analyst and an assistant professor of public administration at the State University of New York at…
Press
•
Study of 1 million sites shows just how closely we’re watched
"Studying a million websites is hard. To do it, Arvind Narayanan – who heads the Web Transparency and Accountability Project at Princeton University – buil…
The Internet of Heirlooms and Disposable Things
Abstract: The Internet of Things (“IoT”) is here, and we seem to be going all in. We are trying to put a microchip in nearly every object that is not nailed do…
Press
•
The moral of the killer robot
(Google Translate version) "The American philosopher Peter Asaro is one of the leaders of the global resistance against fighting robots. "Unlike huma…
Press
•
Digital shift opens door to ransomware attacks
"When a victim pays the ransom — typically in digital bitcoins — the thieves provide a digital key to unlock the system. Yet hackers who aren't motivat…
Opinion: The ugliest side of facial recognition technology
It's no mystery that big data presents a challenge to privacy. But perhaps more alarming is the emergence of technology that combines facial recognition and…
Press
•
A New Way to Report College Sexual Assault
"Collecting sexual assault reports online introduces some new concerns. Hackers could try to get access to the data, exposing the identities of both surviv…