They Know Everything About You
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center presents a conversation with Robert Scheer, author and journalist, and Aleecia McDonald, fellow at the Stanford Center for…
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Obama's transparency questioned as new rules formalize FOIA exemption
"But David Levine, a law professor at Elon University, said that while the court ruled the office can be exempted, it does not have to be. “The administra…
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5 Extremely Private Things Your iPhone Knows About You
"It's worth noting that while Apple and other organizations have the ability to gather large amounts of information, we can't always be sure if the…
Why ‘Dark Web’ drug markets will keep on imploding
A couple of months after the conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the “Dread Pirate Roberts” behind the creation of the Silk Road online drug market, another online dru…
In blocking websites, France abandons role as guardian of free speech
Attempts by the French government this week to use vague legislation to block five websites for "condoning terrorism" would be troubling anywhere, but…
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Amazon doesn't want you to know how many data demands it gets
""The more consumer-facing companies were more obviously implicated by the NSA revelations, and they started to feel the pressure and the impact on th…
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Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms
"Had the Lewinsky story unfolded today, certainly the digital reality of it would have been worse (or at least more pungent). “They would have dug up her p…
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The U.S. can legally access your old emails and it wants to keep it that way
"Digital storage wasn't the same three decades ago. As Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Societ…
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Penn State Fraternity Photo Scandal: Kappa Delta Rho Case Raises Concerns About Unauthorized Sharing
"This sends the message that this stuff is not OK," said Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor. "We're making clear it'…
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Social media sites may be better than the law at blocking revenge porn
"“It’s a wonderful turning point," said Danielle Citron, who has advised Facebook, Twitter and Reddit on their policies regarding nude imagery and is…
Debate: Should The U.S. Adopt The 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online?
People don't always like what they see when they Google themselves. Sometimes they have posted things they later regret — like unflattering or compromising…
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Cyber Quantifiable Restrictions: The Requirements to Generate Agreed Restrictions on the Use of Cyber Capabilities
"Dr. Richard Forno from the University of Maryland concedes, “there is no international agreement over what level of cyber warfare is acceptable.” He furth…