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AT&T Offers Data Privacy — for a Price
"Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford University computer scientist who focuses on online monitoring technology, said user tracking by companies that provide both wi…
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AT&T’s Offer: Share Your Data for Personalized Ads, or Pay More
"“They are ensuring that no one chooses that option because it costs so much more,” said Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer science graduate student at…
CPJ calls on U.N. to protect use of encryption for journalists
Cross-posted from the Committee to Protect Journalists blog. For journalists to work safely they must be able to protect themselves and their sources, which is…
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Columbia can review students’ Internet activity if notified of illegal torrenting
"If the violator keeps torrenting material, the copyright holder can file a “John Doe” lawsuit. Basically, the company sues hundreds or thousands of IP add…
Obama says that Europeans are using privacy rules to protect their firms against U.S. competition. Is he right?
In an interview with the tech site ReCode, President Obama has suggested that European distrust of U.S. tech firms has base motivations. In his description: We…
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Legal liability slows cybersharing, experts say
"The privacy-versus-information debate took center stage at one of Friday’s panels. The discussion among panelists that included Symantec’s Chief Executive…
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Stanford Summit on the ‘Evil Layer Cake’ of Cyberthreats
"But Jennifer Granick, with the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, says before that can happen the president needs to build trust. She…
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Campus prepares for White House Cybersecurity Summit
Other Stanford scholars participating in afternoon sessions include Amy Zegart, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation and senior…
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Barack Obama’s cyber security push spurs privacy fears
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said she was hopeful the FBI would not succeed in…
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Obama’s federal cybersecurity law could create less information
"Security experts like Jonathan Mayer — a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Stanford University whose research focuses on technology policy — are frus…
Cyber Security and a New Government Agency
Last week, health insurance giant Anthem revealed that the personal information of as many as 80 million customers was stolen by hackers. This news came just da…
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The emperor still doesn't have new clothes.
Recently, a jury found Mr. Ross Ulbricht guilty of running the black market website Silk Road. Many observers claim that the government's theory expanded li…