Zoom and the Problem of Cybersecurity Moral Hazard
A great deal of ink has been spilled regarding the many security vulnerabilities in Zoom teleconferencing software that were discovered after hundreds of millio…
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Be very wary of Trump’s health surveillance plans
By Danielle Citron and Geng Ngarmboonanant Danielle Citron, a 2019 MacArthur Fellow, is a professor at Boston University School of Law. Geng Ngarmboonanant is…
Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to…
Enlisting Big Data in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Written Testimony of Professor Ryan Calo Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee: I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to testi…
The Limits of Location Tracking in an Epidemic
As Americans struggle to confront the COVID-19 outbreak, some have suggested that cell phone location tracking technology can help in the effort to contain the…
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Facial recognition surveillance systems are ominous. People see how these tools threaten privacy and civil liberties and consider ways they might resist being t…
The Dangers of Moving All of Democracy Online
GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE world are struggling to deal with the public health and economic challenges of coronavirus. While many have pointed to how authoritarian…
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How Location History Can Help Contain Covid-19 While Protecting Privacy
If Typhoid Mary carried a cell phone, you can bet we would all want to know where she’d been over the last few days. Technology exists right now to trace the hi…
Deal with ransomware the way police deal with hostage situations
When faced with a ransomware attack, a person or company or government agency finds its digital data encrypted by an unknown person, and then gets a demand for…
Vulnerability reporting is dysfunctional
In January, we released a study showing the ease of SIM swaps at five U.S. prepaid carriers. These attacks—in which an adversary tricks telecoms into moving th…
The battle against disinformation is global
Disinformation-spewing online bots and trolls from halfway around the world are continuing to shape local and national debates by spreading lies online on a mas…
Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age
Many pressing environmental and security threats now facing the international community may be traced to the frontiers. From climate change and cyber-attacks to…