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Facebook's new Dating service is ready to take on Tinder
""Given their track record with being good custodians of data, I'd be concerned," said Jen King, director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law…
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Government Hacking Raises New Security Concerns
News of governments such as Russia and North Korea deploying their tech teams to hack into companies for political reasons has made headlines (think Sony after…
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Three Ideas for Solving the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
"Scott Shackelford, chair of the cybersecurity program at Indiana University, Bloomington, says one big cause of the shortage is the lack of a focused tale…
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Ariana Grande, Mac Miller, and Why We Blame Women for Male Substance Abuse
""It's deeply unsurprising to see a cyber mob descend. There’s a very quick snowballing that happens, where it’s maybe one or two people, then all…
Expert: Smart Tech Is Making Us Dumb
We know that smart phones and other information technology are changing the way we live and the way we relate to other people, but could they actually be making…
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The Rise of Robocalls and Cell Scams—and How to Stop Them
"Jen King was in a hurry to get out the door of her Bay Area home on a recent morning, and she missed a call to her cell phone because of it. The phone num…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers want intelligence chiefs to help counter threat from doctored videos
"Those types of efforts could increase if the intelligence community agrees to weigh in on deepfakes, said Danielle Citron, a privacy law expert at the Uni…
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Why D.C. Pundits' Must-Carry Claims Are Relevant to Global Censorship
Two important current trends in Internet law go together in ways that aren’t getting enough attention. They should, though, because the overlap is well on its w…
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Government Hacking Makes Everyone Less Safe
"In a new paper, Riana Pfefferkorn at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS) analyzes the cybersecurity risks of this practice for all…
Government Hacking Makes Everyone Less Safe
Last week, the Justice Department filed criminal charges against a North Korean operative for a malware attack that endangered hospital systems and crippled the…
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Govt's decryption bill can only lead to 'systemic weaknesses'
"Notably, Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, and University of Melbourne researchers Dr Vanessa Teague…
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Proposed Australian Bill Would Threaten Computer Security for Everybody
Today was the deadline for the public to submit comments on the Australian government's draft Assistance and Access Bill 2018. The proposed legislation drew…