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The Risks of Regulating Zero-Days
Among the principles that govern the current state of technology, two stand out as fundamental to our understanding of the information security problem. First,…
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Matusiewiczes guilty of cyberstalking resulting in death
"A lot is riding on this appeal because the cyberstalking statute is already rarely used, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryla…
Wendell Wallach - Hearsay Culture Show #240 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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How technology could kill the art of lying
"Online advertising companies, for instance, can collect huge amounts of information about a person's browsing history, which can reveal "a very c…
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Move to combat piracy could increase Internet harassment, activists say
"According to Danielle Citron, a cyber-law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, the ICANN policy is &q…
Preparedness Insanity: Why We Need To Think Differently About How To Measure Preparedness
By: Terry Hastings and Brian Nussbaum Since 9/11, there have been billions of federal grant dollars awarded to state and local governments and an ongoing quest…
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Senator Grassley Letter Asks Tough Questions on Law Enforcement Use of Spyware
This letter is pretty remarkable. It is already beginning to attract some attention. It is interesting from the perspective of both the general subject matter…
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The Google Photos ‘gorilla’ fail won’t be the last time AIs offend us
"That’s all well and good, but what happens if they still get out of line? We all learn societal standards from a very young age, and we still commit crime…
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Why did it take so long to ban revenge porn?
"“No one wanted to commit to anything,” said Citron. “There used to be a period of time where I would talk about this issue and people would say, ‘Stop bei…
Sloppy Cyber Threat Sharing Is Surveillance by Another Name
Cross-posted from Just Security. This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines th…
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“Tool Without a Handle”: 21st Century Data Privacy – A Quantum Puzzle – Part 2
“Tool Without a Handle”: 21st Century Data Privacy – A Quantum Puzzle – Part 2 In part 1 of my observations on quantum principles and privacy, I noted that po…
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Venezuela-based fraud ring stole UPMC identities to buy electronics from Amazon, federal indictment says
"“Once data is breached, it is almost impossible to know whether or not, or when, that data has made its way into these black markets,” said Brian Nussbaum…