How Safe is Your Online Information? A Discussion with Jennifer King
A recent Supreme Court case, Carpenter v United States, questioned whether the government could get location data from a cell phone company for a criminal case.…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Security experts irked U.S. prosecutors used anti-hacking law to nab Julian Assange
"“CFAA is a ridiculously broad statute or, at least it has been interpreted that way by many courts,” Jeffrey Vagle, an affiliate scholar at Stanford Unive…
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Breaking Down the Hacking Case Against Julian Assange
"Is one failed attempt to crack a password really enough to embroil Assange in a felony hacking case? "For the CFAA, unfortunately yes," says Jef…
Reply in Support of Objections to Report and Recommendation
Reply brief in support of January 2019 objections to magistrate judge's report and recommendation. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date…
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Experts, club members disagree on how to secure Mar-a-Lago
"“I certainly doubt that patrons and also the president would endorse that level of security, given that it’s a commercial interest of his,” said Richard F…
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Details Still Few In City Of Albany’s Ransomware Attack
"Brian Nussbaum is assistant professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany. "Ra…
Facebook is finally learning to love privacy laws
Nine years ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg claimed that people do not care about privacy. Things have changed. Last week, he called for the US and other c…
Smart is Not Enough
Abstract Despite increasing concern from the information security community, it is far from clear that even the smartest of U.S. cities are in a position to de…
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Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned
"“Courts and police are increasingly using software to make decisions in the criminal justice system about bail, sentencing, and probability-matching for D…
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Ransomware Hits City Of Albany Computers
"Brian Nussbaum is an assistant professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany. "…
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The privacy paradox
""Some of these companies have so much power that we don't have much choice but to use their services — and we can't use these services withou…
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Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
In collaboration with CIS Visiting Research Scholar Jana Gooth, we have (belatedly) submitted comments to the California Attorney General's office regarding…