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DEF CON and Feds Partner on Anonymous Bug Submission Program
"“We are thinking very much about functionality. What happens if the box is taken? Then obviously, if the box is taken we have technological concerns about…
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A magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone — is that legal?
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue of compelling defe…
The FTC Can Rise to the Privacy Challenge, but Not Without Help From Congress
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on TechTank. Facebook’s recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reignited debate over w…
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I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, says that wh…
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Businesses race to keep data flowing under a no-deal Brexit
"Instead, companies might continue to wait and see what happens with Brexit and hope that European regulators do not pursue the issue before they spend wha…
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Privacy missteps cast cloud over digital assistants
"Ryan Calo, faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, said that while the devices are not listening, there remain concerns over…
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Capital One Took Nearly Two Weeks to Disclose Its Hack and Customers Still Don’t Know if They Were Affected
"“Whatever the law says, it’s not good corporate practice to leave consumers in the dark about their data being exfiltrated,” says Ryan Calo, a law profess…
Tech addiction & the dark art of persuasive design
‘Read Me’ Or Just Tap ‘I Agree’ There’s a huge group of people at work behind our screens. They’re called behaviour architects, persuasive designers or user-ex…
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How police might access your Lyft, Tinder and Google accounts in a criminal investigation
"“Absolutely, requests for large swaths of data increase the chances for innocent people to be swept up in investigations,” said Pfefferkorn. “Users shoul…
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xAG Barr rails against encryption — but security experts have heard it before
"“Sophisticated criminals will continue to have access to encryption even if the law is changed,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveil…
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Considering deleting FaceApp? It won't be easy to get your data back
""[When] you delete an app, it just means you can't use it anymore," said Jen King, Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School's…
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Equifax endangered millions. It’s now hoping you won’t seek $125 in compensation
"Jen King, director consumer privacy for Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, said she doesn’t expect Congress to act on a federal privac…