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US attorney general says encryption creates security risk
"Gail Kent, Facebook’s global public policy lead on security, recently said that allowing the government’s ability to gain access to encrypted communicatio…
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Facebook will have to pay a record-breaking fine for violating users’ privacy. But the FTC wanted more.
"“It could be curtailed by a court decision, which might come down eight years down the line,” said Omer Tene, vice president at the International Associat…
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Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
"Security experts said there's really no way to know, especially in the absence of third-party validation. "You cannot determine with certainty th…
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How Drug Companies Are Using Your DNA To Make New Medicine
"“Consumers really need to think about what they’re getting into,” said Richard Forno, assistant director of the Center for Cybersecurity at the University…
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Bring AFP 'to heel' or forget US security agreement
"Stanford University academic Riana Pfefferkorn said "unprecedented" police raids on the press had made it harder for Australia to assure securit…
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Denver-area neighborhoods are installing license plate readers to record every vehicle that passes by
"“We can’t begin to fathom how fast we’re moving to a ‘Star Trek’ world,” said Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Int…
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Australia's anti-encryption laws being used to bypass journalist protections, expert says
"This undermined protections granted to journalists under other national security legislation, said cybersecurity researcher Riana Pfefferkorn, an associat…
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Encryption law making life harder for journalists: claim
"Dr Pfefferkorn, who works with the Stanford Centre for Internet and Society, but made her submission in an individual capacity, said the Australian Federa…
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Expert: The AFP used our new anti-encryption laws to raid the ABC
"As The Guardian has already noted, cybersecurity expert Riana Pfefferkorn has taken umbrage with the process, adding a personal submission to the parliame…
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Australia’s anti-encryption bill is allowing the government to openly spy on journalists
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford Center for Internet and Society, pointed out that this undermines the…
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Seeing Is Believing
"Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. She’s been at the forefront o…
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Bringing the Fight for Court Transparency to the Ninth Circuit
You may recall that in February, a federal district court in Fresno denied a petition I filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern Cali…