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Struggling DNA testing firm 23andMe to be bought for $256m
Regeneron has different aims from the ones 23andMe presented to consumers, according to Dr Jennifer King, privacy and data policy Fellow at the Stanford Institu…
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Trump Admin’s Signal Fiasco Offers This 1 Startling Reminder For Anyone In A Group Chat
Trump downplayed the severity of this extraordinary leak of classified information and told NBC News that “Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.” But…
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23andMe’s DNA database is up for sale. Who might want it, and what for?
It’s unclear who might take ownership of 23andMe. But experts said there are a lot of reasons genetic data could be valuable. “There are a breadth of commercial…
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Trump Admin’s Signal Fiasco Offers This 1 Startling Reminder For Anyone In A Group Chat
Trump downplayed the severity of this extraordinary leak of classified information and told NBC News that “Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.” But…
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Signal isn’t infallible, despite being one of the most secure encrypted chat apps
“Signal protects against outside snoops listening in on your private conversations,” Riana Pfefferkorn, an encryption policy expert at Stanford University, told…
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23andMe’s DNA database is up for sale. Who might want it, and what for?
It’s unclear who might take ownership of 23andMe. But experts said there are a lot of reasons genetic data could be valuable. “There are a breadth of commercial…
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Online bullying isn't new, but it's evolving
Recently, the director of a nonprofit that focuses on eliminating waste in government bureaucracies testified before Congress. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette criticized…
Rethinking Youth Privacy
Congress and state legislatures are showing renewed interest in youth privacy, proposing myriad new laws to address data extraction, addiction, manipulation, an…
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Vermont police are using drones more than ever. Here's what that means
Catherine Crump — a University of California, Berkeley clinical law professor who specializes in privacy and surveillance — says that’s because drone technology…
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Trump could tip the scales in Elon Musk’s secret battle against DOJ
Some of the federal judges who have handled the most recent battles have expressed skepticism over X Corp.’s claims that it is standing on First Amendment princ…
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Online Child Safety Ecosystem
Online child sexual exploitation is one of the most widespread and impactful abuses of the internet to cause harm. The CyberTipline is the centralized system i…
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Thoughts about Volt Typhoon
What is Volt Typhoon? A cybersecurity expert explains the Chinese hackers targeting US critical infrastructure Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Bal…