The FBI blunder on phone encryption, explained
The FBI has been arguing for years that the approach of Apple and other companies that strongly encrypt phones is a big problem for law enforcement, which canno…
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The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog — By Design
"It’s this kind of lag that worries Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. In the Carpenter case, the justices are responding to a pre…
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How hackers can exploit devices used at home
"“The more we delegate, the more there is opportunity for hackers that make it a valuable target,” said Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stan…
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Ransomware attacks such as at South Bend's Allied Physicians are becoming common
"“It would be hard to prove that records haven’t been made,” said Scott Shackelford, a cybersecurity expert and associate professor of business law and eth…
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GDPR Rules as a US Response to Cambridge Analytica?
Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into force today, after two years of preparation. Anxiety and fallout from the law are running h…
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Most U.S. Adults in Poll Unwilling to Share Personal Data for Ads to Keep a Service Free
"As Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, points out, timing is everything. She said it is…
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Amazon Echo sent family's private conversation to another user
"Ryan Calo, a law professor who co-directs the University of Washington's tech policy lab, said while there are upsides to these technologies, there ar…
Here’s how Europe’s data privacy law could take down Facebook
On Friday, the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) privacy regulation goes into effect. Many articles have been written complaining that…
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GDPR Oddsmakers: Who, Where, When Will Enforcement Hit First?
"There are probably as many answers to those question as there are supervisory authorities (SAs), and there are many, notes Omer Tene, vice president and c…
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Amazon blames creepy Alexa incident on ‘unlikely’ string of events
"Ryan Calo, a law professor who co-directs the University of Washington’s tech policy lab, agreed that the sort of glitch Amazon described is unlikely. But…
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What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care?
""Some companies may realize it’s better to just extend GDPR protections to all their customers, period, rather than one one policy for European citiz…
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Calif. Justices Leave Questions Hanging Over Defendant's Access to Private Social Media Posts
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the decision is “a win for users, because it correctly reads th…