It’s time to try something different on Internet privacy
Since the dawn of the Internet, American regulators and companies have pursued two goals to protect our privacy: that people should be in control of their data…
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Thanks, Facebook! Your totally crappy year may be a boon for consumer privacy
"“Facebook’s conduct and the response to it this year provided a stark example of a deep disconnect,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, co-director of Northeastern Un…
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For Residents Without Credit Cards, Miami Parking Is About To Get More Expensive
"“This sounds ridiculously unfair,” Jen King, the Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, wrote to WLRN in a…
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Cellular Carriers Get More Control Over Text Messages
"“This decision opens up the landscape for cellular providers to become bigger advertising platforms in the future based on knowing whom you text and scann…
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Privacy groups urge tech firms to sign Safe Face Pledge to restrict use of facial recognition
"While employees and customers can pressure companies to act ethically with regard to AI, more attention needs to be focused on laws and government oversig…
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Data security expert calls for stronger cybersecurity laws
"As we become an increasingly digitally connected world, the loss of privacy and security are almost inevitable. But if we don’t adopt stronger data securi…
Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War
By Robert Chesney and Danielle Citron A picture may be worth a thousand words, but there is nothing that persuades quite like an audio or video recording of an…
US academics recommend Australian-style paper ballots at elections
In the digital age, the fact Australians still vote using paper and pencils might seem a bit quaint, or even out of date. But researchers both here and in the…
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Snap! The local HOA just captured your license plate number
"Or neighbors could band together and sell the data, said Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and So…
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Tech's invasion of our privacy made us more paranoid in 2018
""In 2018, we really do view it as the year where there was a reckoning with privacy practices across the industry and people waking up to these conce…
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Australia passes new law to thwart strong encryption
"Even Riana Pfefferkorn—a cryptography expert and attorney at Stanford Law School who submitted formal October 2018 testimony to the Australian parliament…
Encryption law changes will weaken the security of everyday Australians: expert
We're yet to see the details of the deal between the Government and Labor which would allow the passage of laws to give police and investigators access to e…