What's New in the US Crypto Wars
Encryption has been a topic of heated debate in the United States and worldwide during the last six years. The COVID-19 epidemic added a new twist to the debate…
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A Duty of Loyalty for Privacy Law
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When the Internet emerged in the mid-1990s, it was heralded as an unprecedented technology of human empowerment; a place whe…
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“Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics”
“Tool Without A Handle: Spirituality, Virtue, and Technology Ethics” "If one loves righteousness, whose works are virtues,She teaches moderation and prud…
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Amazon imagines a world where you pay with your hand. Privacy experts aren’t so sure.
“There’s always something about the physical that catches our attention,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an associate law professor at the University of South Caroli…
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House Introduces EARN IT Act Companion Bill, Somehow Manages to Make It Even Worse
On September 30, Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the House version of the EARN IT Act (H.R.8454), which had previously bee…
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Are We Already Living in a Tech Dystopia?
"People should no more believe in dystopia than utopia. The fact is that technology has changed the world for so many for so long for the better—from reduc…
Are We Already Living in a Tech Dystopia?
People should no more believe in dystopia than utopia. The fact is that technology has changed the world for so many for so long for the better—from reduction o…
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EARN IT Act Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
On August 7, I had the pleasure of doing a "fireside chat" with my friend and Section 230 expert Cathy Gellis at this year's virtual DEF CON Crypt…
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EARN IT Act Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
On August 7, I had the pleasure of doing a "fireside chat" with my friend and Section 230 expert Cathy Gellis at this year's virtual DEF CON Crypt…
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The Quiet Growth of Race-Detection Software Sparks Concerns Over Bias
"Using AI to identify ethnicity “seems more likely to harm than help,” says Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Princeton University who has…
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California High Court Sets Rules for Facebook Subpoena
"“Even assuming the lower court finds a good cause, it is not enough that the defendant wants the discovery when a federal law bars it and there are other…
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Back to School? Look Out for Covid-Tracking Surveillance Tech
"“Often when measures are introduced for a specific purpose, they linger on because people become acclimated,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the Unive…