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Will COVID-19 Claim Privacy Among Its Victims?
"Using surveillance technology to get back to normal life after COVID-19 makes sense, right? “If Typhoid Mary had a cellphone, we’d want to know where she…
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Supreme Court to Review CFAA for First Time
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society said a change in the interpretatio…
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Google and Apple May Help Us Understand ‘Typhoid Mary’s’ Cell Phone Movements
"“The benefit of the Google/Apple approach is that its decentralized,” said Al Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet a…
Be very wary of Trump’s health surveillance plans
By Danielle Citron and Geng Ngarmboonanant Danielle Citron, a 2019 MacArthur Fellow, is a professor at Boston University School of Law. Geng Ngarmboonanant is…
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Coronavirus Disproportionately Hurts Minorities. So Could Contact Tracing
"“My fear is that [the coronavirus] will be used as an excuse to expand the reach of surveillance beyond its initial purposes,” said Margaret Hu, a cyber-s…
Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to…
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As Schools Move Online, So Do Security Threats. Here's What Experts Say You Can Do
"Scott Shackelford is the chair of Indiana University's cyber security program. He agrees, and says cyber security is like personal hygiene: it won'…
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Track the virus’s spread with smartphone apps? It’s apt to be harder than it looks
"“None of this works without ubiquitous and frequent and highly distributed testing," said Omer Tene, vice president of the International Association…
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Germany Calls For Unified EU Corona-Tracing App for Tighter Privacy Controls
"Thomas Lohninger, executive director of the Vienna-based digital rights NGO epicenter.works, said that since contact tracing apps deal with sensitive heal…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…
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Blog: Could Covid-19 change privacy standards forever?
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, agreed there is a difference between anonymised and aggregate…
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The Next Frontier of Baseball Cheating: The Cloud
“Any time you have a database online, and they are using a communication tool among their employees — whether it is manager, coaches, players, scouts, etc. — al…