Opinion: Why we all have a stake in encryption policy
In William Gibson's latest novel, "The Peripheral," he imagines a future in which people have the ability to effortlessly encrypt spoken conversat…
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Edward Snowden has proposed a new treaty. Here’s why it might or might not take off.
At the Council for Foreign Relations Web site, David Fidler says that Edward Snowden isn’t radical enough. He identifies three problems with the proposal that S…
Users' Patronage: The Return of the Gift in the "Crowd Society"
In this work, I discuss the tension between gift and market economy throughout the history of creativity. For millennia, the production of creative artifacts ha…
The Special Rapporteur on Torture’s Report on Extraterritoriality Speaks to Migrant Crisis
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan E. Méndez, has issued a new expert’s report (his 17th)—this one on extraterritoriality. (JustSecurity’s e…
Here’s how the Facebook case has just transformed the surveillance debate
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s highest court, has just shot down the Safe Harbor, an arrangement between the European Union and the United States allow…
This privacy activist has just won an enormous victory against U.S. surveillance. Here’s how.
The European Court of Justice, Europe’s highest court, has just ruled that the Safe Harbor, an arrangement between the European Union and the United States allo…
New California Human Rights Legislation
Amidst all the coverage of California’s new assisted suicide law, it may have been missed that Governor of California Jerry Brown signed important human rights…
What you need to know about the cyberspying deal with China
Last week, the United States and China came to an agreement on cyberspying. What are its consequences likely to be? The agreement addresses a big U.S. concern.…
Don’t Kill the Password. Change the Password
AUTHOR: DANIEL J. SOLOVE AND WOODROW HARTZOG TO ACCESS TO most accounts online and on computer systems, users authenticate their identity by logging in with a…
Facebook is at the center of a huge privacy controversy. For once, it isn’t Facebook’s fault.
The Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice, the European Union’s closest equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court, has just made a key finding in a court…
Why are working class kids less likely to get elite jobs? They study too hard at college.
Lauren Rivera is an associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of management. Her recent book, “Pedigree: H…
Has White House finally got the message about strong encryption? Welcome shift seen in speeches and policy memo
Yesterday, during a panel on encryption policy hosted by Just Security, an online forum covering national security law and policy, top U.S. intelligence lawyer…