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Officials sentenced in Colombia for spying on journalists
""Spying on the press violates one of the central precepts of journalism: that reporters will be able to protect their sources, particularly in an env…
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The Intelligence Time Machine
On Tuesday, members in the House and Senate introduced new versions of the USA Freedom Act that would prohibit bulk collection of records under Section 215 of t…
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A Right To Be Forgotten for Hosting Services?
European courts are beginning to sort through one of the most important follow-up questions to last spring’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling in Google v. Costeja…
Profs. Irina Manta and David Olson- Hearsay Culture Show #235 - 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…
Surveillance forces journalists to think and act like spies
Once upon a time, a journalist never gave up a confidential source. When someone comes forward, anonymously, to inform the public, it's better to risk time…
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Even hackers are concerned Obama's and Clinton's emails remain vulnerable
"“This breach related to the lowest-level unclassified email,” said Jonathan Mayer, a graduate fellow in computer science at Stanford University. “But that…
Not ‘digital exhaust;’ rather ‘digital fossils’
Recently a member of Congress got into some pretty serious hot water over allegations he accepted numerous unethical, and perhaps illegal, favors including flig…
Two continents, two courts, two approaches to privacy
At 3:20 a.m. on August 24, 2014, the strongest earthquake in a quarter-centuryrocked the San Francisco Bay Area, causing damage widely estimated at between $300…
Episode 58: Obscurity Settings
Featuring guest CIS Affiliate Scholar Woodrow Hartzog. What kind of privacy do we want to have? What makes others’ knowledge about us turn from everyday accept…
What’s new in the U.S. cyber strategy
The Department of Defense has just issued a new cyber strategy, which perhaps provides the best public presentation of how the United States thinks about cybers…
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New Pentagon cyber strategy to discuss nation's offensive capabilities
"“This is a declaration that we're going to view offensive cyber capabilities as a major tool in our arsenal,” said Richard Forno, the director of the…
The new German spying scandal is a big deal
German media organizations, such as Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are reporting on Thursday on a spying scandal that threatens to create new controversy over the NS…