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New Just Security Post: We All Go Down Together
I have a new post up at Just Security today. In it, I point to the fact that ongoing NSA revelations show that significant surveillance activities are taking…
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We All Go Down Together: NSA Programs Overseas Violate Americans’ Privacy, Yet Escape FISC, Congressional Oversight
Cross-posted from Just Security. Ongoing revelations show that significant NSA surveillance activities take place outside of either Foreign Intelligence Survei…
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We All Go Down Together: NSA Programs Overseas Violate Americans’ Privacy, Yet Escape FISC, Congressional Oversight
Cross-posted from Just Security. Ongoing revelations show that significant NSA surveillance activities take place outside of either Foreign Intelligence Survei…
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Monday morning, the day when women feel ugly
"But according to Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, "the digitization of trade substantially alters the ability of firms to…
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Is This the Grossest Advertising Strategy of All Time?
"Of course, any ad worth its salt is targeted (e.g. beauty products in women's magazines, car ads in the auto section), but Calo argues that the sort o…
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Stale Cookies: How companies are tracking you online today
"“There’s a Whac-A-Mole game that’s started in earnest,” said Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at Stanford’s Center for Internet & Society."…
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Reforming FISA: A Critical Look at the Wyden/Udall Proposal and Foreign Surveillance
In my latest blog post at Just Security, I discuss a new bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Senators Wyden and Udall, two of the most vocal critics of the NSA, as…
Reforming FISA: A Critical Look at the Wyden/Udall Proposal and Foreign Surveillance
A new bipartisan bill co-sponsored by two of the most vocal critics of the NSA does not go far enough to protect the average non-U.S. person from indiscriminate…
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Easily obtained subpoenas turn your personal information against you
"Even a generic name like “stanfordguy” used to log in on multiple sites could be used to determine one's real identity and theoretically be exploited…
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Exciting Time for Privacy in Canada
It’s back to school on university campuses across North America, and in the Canadian Parliament it will soon too be time to start anew. The Prime Minister of C…
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What's The Right Balance For Protecting Privacy And Promoting Accountability On The Internet?
(Co-authored with Evan Selinger and cross-posted at Forbes). According to NPR, 300 plus teenagers broke into former NFL player Brian Holloway’s vacation home…
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DOJ calls for drone privacy policy 7 years after FBI’s first drone launched
"“The main difference is that UAS will drive down the cost of aerial surveillance quite radically, as well as permit smaller and more invasive and longer f…