Don’t Listen to Snapchat’s Excuses. Security Is Its Job
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…
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Don’t Listen to Snapchat’s Excuses. Security Is Its Job
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…
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A Million Peeping Toms: When Hacking Is Also a Hate Crime
"“There is no denying the blunt truth of [Lawrence’s] words: she alone has the right to control access to her naked body, and anyone who violates that righ…
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Shhh! Last Week Was All About Secrets
This week's Monday Reflection on Just Security is from me, spilling the beans about all of last week's secrecy news, from Twitter and EFF on NSLs to Jam…
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Victims of Online Crimes Are Finally Getting Justice—as Long as They’re Rich and Famous
"Ordinary people have “a really difficult time getting law enforcement’s attention” in cases of online stalking, threats, and revenge porn, says Danielle C…
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What Brought Congress Together
"So where is the line? Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, says Americans don’t have to choose b…
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Feds ‘Hacked’ Silk Road Without a Warrant? Perfectly Legal, Prosecutors Argue
"Regardless of whether the government calls it “hacking” or a mere warrantless “search,” however, prosecutors’ arguments against Ulbricht’s Fourth Amendmen…
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Car hacking: how big is the threat to self-driving cars?
"“I think it goes without saying that if you don’t get security right, automated cars don’t get off the ground,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at S…
Just Because a Hate Crime Occurs on the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s Not a Hate Crime
Cross-posted from Time. Let's talk about nude photo leaks and other forms of online harassment as what they are: civil rights violations Over the past few…
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Government Set Up A Fake Facebook Page In This Woman’s Name
"“I cannot imagine she thought that this would be a use that she consented to,” the University of Washington’s Calo said." * Date Published:10/06/20…
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Who Should Be Unmasked on the Internet?
"A new proposal from the cyberlaw scholar Danielle Citron in her new book, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggests how sites dedicated to protecting its users’…
A cop may be following you everywhere
Cross-posted from CNN. The crackdown on protesters after the police shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, highlighted that more and more, police…