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Amazon’s Latest Way Into Your Life Is Through the Front Door
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in legal issues related to technology, said Amazon’s new service relies on the…
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What Does the FBI's New 'Black Identity Extremist' Label Really Mean to Black Organizing?
Malkia Cyril is the founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice, an organization best known for its leadership in the fight for net neutralit…
Is it time for a Cyber Peace Corps?
Hackers around the world are attacking targets as diverse as North Dakota’s state government, the Ukrainian postal service and a hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.…
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New Study Casts Doubt On Effectiveness Of Police Body Cameras. But Is That Fair?
"“What is the public actually getting for its money?” asked Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a firm that works on technology policy issues. “Are body came…
Trusting Big Data Research
ABSTRACT Although it might puzzle or even infuriate data scientists, suspicion about big data is understandable. The concept does not seem promising to most pe…
Privacy, Vulnerability, and Affordance
INTRODUCTION A person without privacy is vulnerable. But what is it to be vulnerable? And what role does privacy or privacy law play in vulnerability? This Art…
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A Big Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
"“This is the most important empirical study on the impact of police body-worn cameras to date,” said Harlan Yu from Upturn, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit…
The Rhetoric of “Responsible Encryption”
Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech about encryption that prompted a considerable amount of well-deserved blowback. His speech rehas…
We say black lives matter. The FBI says that makes us a security threat.
This past summer, the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, which investigates terrorist threats from groups such as al-Qaeda, invented a brand new label and a brand…
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What happens to your email after you die?
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy for Stanford University Law School’s Center for Internet and Society in California, thoroughly disagrees with his colle…
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2017’s States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud
"What measures can authorities undertake in order to avoid cases like the recent Equifax leaks? Should credit bureaus be tested for security breaches by au…
Is the FBI Setting the Stage for Increased Surveillance of Black Activists?
A recently leaked FBI “Intelligence Assessment” contains troubling signs that the FBI is scrutinizing and possibly surveilling Black activists in its search for…