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Microsoft Rankles Advertisers With Web User-Privacy Plan
"Microsoft may also be aiming to use privacy as a stick to beat rival Google with, Mayer said." * Date Published:12/13/2012 * Original Publication:…
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Important FAA Amendments Need Public Support
Today, Senator Ron Wyden agreed to forego his procedural hold that would prevent the Senate from voting on extending the FISA Amendments Act, due to expire at t…
Legal Issues in Mobile Security Research
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Marcia Hoffman participated in a Hacker Hotshot session where she discussed legal issues in mobile security research. More Info.…
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Facebook changes privacy controls again and takes a key one away
University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo said “preserving obscurity is the best way to protect privacy. This is an example of a company taking obscurity…
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FTC: Apps For Children Raise Privacy Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission has released a report taking to task the makers of mobile apps for children. It says apps are not transparent enough about the pers…
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Woman Says Cops Looked up Her License 550 Times
"It seems in some way the officers involved here were treating the DMV records like their own personal Facebook," says CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo…
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Who Can Read Your Emails Now?
"Law enforcement and civil parties could also get a public email provider to turn over messages with less than a warrant if the email isn't considered…
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The Battle Over Revenge Porn: Can Hunter Moore, the Web’s Vilest Entrepreneur, Be Stopped?
"“Under criminal law, state and federal law there exist cyberstalking laws that cover the very activity that [Sarah’s] perpetrator is engaged in, which is…
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Aleecia McDonald Appointed Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society
Cross-posted from SLS News. STANFORD, Calif., December 3, 2012— Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Aleecia M. McDonald as Director of Priva…
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Weev Speaks
Notorious hacker "Weev" joins Hufftington Post after being found guilty on charges of breaching AT&T's security. Is his conviction a blow to f…
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Why Do Mannequins That Spy On Us Creep Us Out?
Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and my go-to source on all things robot: “The fact that the cameras resemble peo…
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The Internet’s Best Terrible Person Goes to Jail: Can a Reviled Master Troll Become a Geek Hero?
""If somebody mistakenly puts information out there on the web and somebody mistakenly gets that information, that's not illegal," says Jenni…