China's CNNIC issues false certificates in serious breach of crypto trust
In a major breach of public trust and confidence, the Chinese digital certificate authority China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) certified false cr…
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Yik Yak & Social Media Trends
Visit WYPR.org to listen to the podcast. Social media is full of hurtful, racist and sometimes threatening speech. We take a look at the hyper-localized and an…
Yahoo! End-to-End email preview promises greater protection for journalists
Good news for journalists wanting added protection from surveillance. Yahoo! hasannounced a technical preview of its email security tool End-to-End, which it ha…
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The Provision of Means: Dual Use Goods & Corporate Liability
This is Part III of a series on the Doe v. Cisco case pending in the Northern District of California and involving claims that Cisco should be liable for aiding…
Privacy Vs. Security with Jennifer Granick
In the realm of big data, privacy is a significant, and often controversial, issue. In this clip, Jennifer Granick takes on the alleged trade-off between “priva…
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How to defeat Internet bullies
Effective solutions for ending – or even lessening – the abuse and online harassment that happens on the Web have been elusive to say least. But the cause did r…
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#blurred_boundaries
When Shaheen Shariff asked a group of under-18-year-olds whether a teenage girl has the right to object to her boyfriend sharing a nude photo of her with his fr…
2015 Mitchell Lecture: Who Rules Big Data?
Who Rules Big Data? Law, Knowledge, and Power The Mitchell Lecture, “Who Rules Big Data? Law, Knowledge, and Power,” will explore that question, with special e…
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Quebec human rights commission denounces public misogyny
Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at McGill University whose research focuses on legal issues related to cyber bullying, said the FHRITP phenomenon is par…
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Which Cyberthreat Information Sharing Proposal You Should Support? (Hint: None)
It’s the season for “cyberthreat” information sharing proposals. There’s the White House plan, announced in January. There’s the Cybersecurity Information Shari…
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We know where you’ve been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops
"“Where someone goes can reveal a great deal about how he chooses to live his life," Catherine Crump, a law professor at the University of California,…
Digital Dualism: The Fading Distinction Between Life On And Off Line
Listen to the full show at NPR's website. The debate has been simmering for years: is the online world less “real” than the physical world? It’s a question…