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Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist
"Rather than contempt, Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said Apple could incur daily penalties if…
The Feds Are Wrong to Warn of “Warrant-Proof” Phones
If you’ve been paying attention to the fight between Apple and the FBI over the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, you’ve probably heard the term “warrant-proof p…
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Tech tools contested weapons in «digital jihad»
""This is one of the harder questions that we will ever have to deal with," said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's…
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How Apple Helped Me Crack iPhones Like Clockwork
"“The government is making the argument that the past is prologue” even though technology has changed, said Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center…
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The SEC Play for a Backdoor to Your Email
The FBI demand for access to a locked iPhone by compelling Apple to write new software to undo its security features has sucked the oxygen out of the surveillan…
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DoJ Misleads Court on CALEA in the Apple Case
The Department of Justice (DoJ) filed its response yesterday to Apple's motion to vacate the court’s order that directed Apple to write new code and certify…
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FCC outlines proposal for regulating broadband providers' privacy practices
"Omer Tene, Vice President of Research and Education at the policy-neutral International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), acknowledged in an in…
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Apple Might Be Forced To Reveal & Share iPhone Unlocking Code Widely
"n addition, defense counsel would undoubtedly demand the right for their own third-party experts to have access not only to the source code, but to furthe…
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Biometrics Are Coming, Along With Serious Security Concerns
"Just because someone might be able to use their ear at checkout doesn’t mean it’s necessarily going to happen anytime soon, though. “Biometrics are tricky…
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The Shame Game
"That doesn’t mean shaming will always have the intended effect. There’s always a chance the public won’t latch onto a given case. And even if officials wa…
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Berkeley Talk on Apple vs. the FBI
On March 7, 2016, I had the pleasure of giving a talk to the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association at Berkeley Law. I discussed the so-called "Apple…