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Could DNA Testing Reunite Immigrant Families? Get the Facts.
"“I think we should be very wary of any proposals to create a DNA database, even if the intentions are good,” Elizabeth Joh, professor of law at the Univer…
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Exigent Circumstances: iOS 12’s USB Restricted Mode and Warrantless iPhone Access
Apple recently confirmed the introduction of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode” in the latest version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system, iOS 12. I…
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Using 23andMe to Reunite Families at the Border Comes With Serious Privacy Risks
"“I would be extremely concerned about this and [the possibility] that law enforcement would be interested in asking for that data,” says Jen King, directo…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating that friends had posted messages on his w…
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How Twitter Made The Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback
"“They are incredibly serious about addressing abuse and harassment, threats, and nonconsensual pornography,” University of Maryland law professor Danielle…
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What 7 Creepy Patents Reveal About Facebook
"As long as Facebook keeps collecting personal information, we should be wary that it could be used for purposes more insidious than targeted advertising,…
Amazon Needs to Stop Providing Facial Recognition Tech for the Government
Imagine a technology that is potently, uniquely dangerous — something so inherently toxic that it deserves to be completely rejected, banned, and stigmatized. S…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Cross-posted from Scientific American. Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating t…
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The Dangers of Tech's Privacy Promises
"“The space for existing without being searchable and findable at all times is shrinking,” Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Co…
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5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies
""The key thing about your genetic data ... it is uniquely yours. It identifies you, so if you are going to entrust it to a company, you should try to…
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FBI v. Apple -- Round 2 . . .
How important is your iPhone privacy? Does it defeat law enforcement's interest in obtaining evidence of child pornography productions from your iPhone? Acc…
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Un-Sexy Headline: USB Restricted Mode Will Improve iPhone User Security
In the upcoming version of the Apple iPhone iOS operating system, iOS 12, the phone’s Lightning cable port (used for charging and data transmission) will be dis…