Here’s why tech companies abuse our data: because we let them
We live in an e-commerce utopia. I can call out orders and my demands are satisfied through an automated, seamless transaction. I just have to ask Alexa, or Sir…
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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook testimony is a start. But only bipartisan cooperation will fix this crisis.
As Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before the U.S. Congress this week, the whole world seems to be against Facebook. Is this a watershed moment for the futu…
Episode 14: Privacy in the Facebook Age
Recently 50 million Facebook users had their personal information extracted and used for political and commercial purposes. In the wake of this scandal, we’ve a…
Riana Pfefferkorn: The Emerging Trend of ‘Side-Channel Cryptanalysis’ (Ep. 133)
Cryptography Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn was a guest on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joseph Miller. Listen to the podcast at WashingTech.…
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What will Microsoft and Ireland do with the new CLOUD Act warrant?
So it seems that the Microsoft Ireland case at the Supreme Court will end with a whimper. Both the Department of Justice and Microsoft agree that the case is mo…
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Why you shouldn't blame Facebook for what ails democracy
""There's always a danger when you have a scandal like Cambridge Analytica that we attribute a very large problem to the villain du jour," sa…
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If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans
"Danielle Citron, chairwoman the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that focuses on emerging data privacy and civil liberties issues, says the…
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Startups Want to Use the Blockchain to Take Our Data Out of Uber's Hands
"“The idea that mainstream consumers will directly interact with blockchain technology—or any piece of code—without intermediaries is completely silly,” wr…
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I Was Harassed for My Interracial Relationship—So I Tracked Down My Troll
"The most recent report from StatsCan shows that over the last five years, nearly one in five people between the ages 15 and 29 say they have experienced a…
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Professor uses student ID card data to help predict dropouts
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society, believes the University of Arizona could run into sever…
The new rules for the internet - and why deleting Facebook isn’t enough
While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to…
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Facebook 'ugly truth' memo triggers new firestorm over ethics
"Patrick Lin, director of the ethics and emerging sciences group at California Polytechnic State University, said he sees "no evidence that Facebook&#…