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How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
"“I think people don’t understand that the economics of surveillance have totally changed,” Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Stanford Cent…
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This AI startup could help keep dick pics and pay-per-view out of your Periscope feed
"“This is part of a larger picture,” University of Washington cyberlaw expert Ryan Calo told me in an email. “Google scans all Gmail for child porn, but cl…
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The data backlash: Privacy
"“These are huge numbers,” says Omer Tene (left), vice president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. They…
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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…
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…