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Trump urges Apple to unlock Pensacola gunman’s iPhones
"“The government’s demand is dangerous and unconstitutional, and would weaken the security of millions of iPhones,” said ACLU Surveillance and Cybersecurit…
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The Lawfare Podcast: Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron on Deep Fakes
On this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with law professors Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron about deep fakes—th…
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What’s New About the Latest Fight Between Apple and the FBI
"“It is a worse problem for the government to pressure and demand that Apple stop innovating on security,” says Jennifer Granick, who serves as surveillanc…
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Apple’s Refusal to Create iPhone Backdoor Pits Public Safety Against Personal Privacy
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said people should…
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How to Keep Child Predators Out of Virtual Playgrounds Like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Minecraft’
"In the case of gaming platforms and child grooming, that might mean at the very least offering reporting mechanisms for users — and acting on them. That w…
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Apple has reignited a privacy battle with the Trump administration by declining to unlock a mass shooter's iPhones
""There is simply no way for Apple, or any other company, to provide the FBI access to encrypted communications without also providing it to authorita…
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Intermediary Liability 101: An Update for 2020
I've had a lot of positive feedback for the Intermediary Liability 101 slides I shared back in 2018, so I thought I'd post these updated ones now. They…
Direct Connection: January 13, 2020
MPT broadcast with Richard Forno in long-form security/privacy discussion, discussing security and privacy, particularly about IoT.…
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Stanford Law’s Jen King on California’s New Privacy Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, giving residents key rights over some of their private data—data that is current…
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Female Journalists Still Bear the Brunt of Cyberattacks
"Danielle Citron, a Boston University law professor and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” said in an email interview that she is ambivalent about the…
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Privacy-Obsessed Parents: This Baby Monitor Without Wi-Fi Actually Works
"Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, adds that “hackers often use devices like baby monito…
Facebook Takes a Step Forward on Deepfakes—And Stumbles
The good news is that Facebook is finally taking action against deepfakes. The bad news is that the platform’s new policy does not go far enough. Journalists,…