Two Reasons Why Extreme Social Surveillance Doesn't Replace Privacy
More than a few people maintain that if we all knew everything about each other, the world would be a better place. The total transparency argument takes many f…
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“Hate Crimes in Cyberspace” author: “Everyone is at risk, from powerful celebrities to ordinary people”
For years women have been coming forward with stories about online harassment that clearly shows the real-world effects of virtual harassment that is often casu…
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Here’s How Celebs Can Get Their Nude Selfies Taken Down
"Such a move could be a “smart strategy,” said Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland who’s working on a book about online hate…
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Hacked? Customers are often last to know
Rumors of a data breach at a major New York bank started circulating more than a week ago in cyber-security circles. So for insiders, news that JPMorgan Chase h…
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FISC OKs Section 215 Investigations of Americans, Despite First Amendment
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court declassified an opinion today which, although highly redacted, illuminates the way at least one Judge is interpretin…
We Must Secure America’s Cell Networks—From Criminals and Cops
This month, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed, in response to a letter from Congressman Alan Grayson, that his agency is assembling a task force “to combat the…
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Does the NSA minimize Americans metadata?
Today’s reporting by the Intercept calls into question whether the NSA minimizes so-called metadata relating to Americans’ digital communications and telephone…
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Intercept Reporting Raises Broader Metadata Minimization Question
Cross-posted from Just Security. Does the NSA minimize Americans metadata? Today’s reporting by the Intercept calls into question whether the NSA minimizes so-…
Access To User Data: If Microsoft Wins, Do Startups And Innovators Lose?
With user trust at an all-time low, keeping the FBI’s hands off foreign users’ data seems like good business sense for U.S. companies. Microsoft says it’s fight…
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The Invention of the “Snapshot” Changed the Way We Viewed the World
"Previously, in the age of the studio photo, “you had to sit there and pose. You not only had to give your consent, you had to cooperate a lot,” notes Ryan…
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How To Keep Internet Trolls And Harassers From Winning
"“When it was a very famous and beloved person’s daughter, Twitter got involved,” says Citron. “But when it’s an average person victimized by revenge porn,…
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Mich. man accused of posting nude photos of ex to Facebook
""Law enforcement is behind the times on this," said Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law and the a…