Warrant-Proof Encrypted Messages Targeted By Trump Administration
"End-to-end encryption" has gone mainstream, which means tech companies can't decrypt messages even when law enforcement has a warrant. The Trump…
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Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
"Woodrow Hartzog, a law and computer science professor at Northeastern University, doesn’t think privacy armor is the solution to our modern woes. “It cre…
Decipher Security Podcast
Riana Pfefferkorn of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the EARN IT Act's potential effects on encryp…
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LAW’s Danielle Citron: How Campaigns Can Counter Deepfakes
"“Within months, technologists say, it will be impossible…to detect deepfakes” with counter-technology, says Danielle Citron, a School of Law professor of…
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Column: Equifax left unencrypted data open to Chinese hackers. Most big U.S. companies are just as negligent
"“There is no way to 100% secure data,” said Scott Shackelford, an associate professor of law and ethics at Indiana University. “An attacker with enough t…
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Is Clearview AI’s facial recognition legal? We need to figure it out soon
"Basically, we haven’t yet figured that out. The LinkedIn case ultimately found that scraping is protected and legal, and hiQ is still in business. But, as…
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Want to take back your online privacy? 7 easy steps to stop Facebook and others from spying on you
"The idea is called “obscurity” and it means taking steps to stop your personal information from being so readily available online to, well, just anyone, s…
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Hang-ups, hold-ups and hurdles passing federal privacy legislation
"Time will tell what legislators will decide, but at least some experts see a light at the end of the tunnel. Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the IAP…
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AG Barr targets encryption again at human trafficking summit
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a member of the Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, wrote of similar concerns to the constitutional rights of online…
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Lindsey Graham Wants to Use Mistrust of Big Tech To Destroy Your Right to Online Privacy
""People are angry about Section 230, so the [Department of Justice] is seizing upon that anger as its opening to attack encryption," writes Rian…
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The EARN IT Act: How to Ban End-to-End Encryption Without Actually Banning It
The story so far: In the ‘90s the Internet was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. (with…
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What Your Period Tracker App Knows About You
"“It is the ability of a mobile app to collect far more data about you than you’re telling it that can be harmful,” says Jennifer King, director of consume…