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Government hacking tactics questioned at OURSA
"Jennifer Granick had harsh words at the Our Security Advocates Conference for the growing state of mass surveillance and government hacking in the United…
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OpSec for activists
"We caught up with Malkia Cyril, founder and executive director of the group, to talk about organizing, digital privacy, and what comes next for Defend Our…
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The Dark Side of the “Apple vs. FBI” OIG Report
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a w…
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Understanding & Improving Privacy "Audits" under FTC Orders
This new white paper, entitled “Understanding and Improving Privacy ‘Audits’ under FTC Orders,” carefully parses the third-party audits that Google and Facebook…
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All-woman tech panel warns of inadequate online legal protections
"Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), noted that “increasingly, modern surveillance is ma…
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Google Responds to Troubling Report of Apps Tracking Kids
"Scott Shackelford, associate professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, and Cybersecurity Program Chair,…
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Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users
"At a minimum, “Facebook is going to have to think about ways to structure their technology to give that proper notice,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a Northeaste…
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Why WhatsApp is Brazil’s go-to political weapon
"Nor would WhatsApp breaking its encryption for Brazil’s Supreme Court actually alleviate the problem, according to Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fello…
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AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up
"Beyond that, the kinds of content Zuckerberg focused on in the hearings were images and videos. From what we know about Facebook’s automated system, at it…
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Can Big Automakers Be Trusted With Big Data?
"“It's not just that automated vehicles will be supercomputers,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who stud…
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Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show
"“The availability and affordability of these tools undercuts law enforcement's continual assertions that they need smartphone vendors to be forced to…
Facebook’s social responsibility should include privacy protection
In his congressional testimony, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed to understand the importance of protecting both the security and privacy of Face…