Computer security is necessary for journalist safety
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published, in Spanish, in El País. This week, journalists, technologists, and other human rights advocates will…
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The Apple Case Will Grope Its Way Into Your Future
"“This case can’t be a one-time deal,” said Neil Richards, a professor at the Washington University School of Law. “This is about the future.” Mr. Richard…
Who Sets the Rules of the Privacy and Security Game?
Last week’s big cybersecurity news was that the FBI obtained a court order to force Apple to develop new software that would bypass several iPhone security feat…
What the FBI might be looking for on San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
"Kate Westmoreland, an attorney and fellow at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, said there's a "whole tool kit" of d…
Surveillance Is Still About Power
Since the Snowden revelations in 2013, surveillance has gone from a somewhat arcane term of art used mainly by scholars, spies, and tinfoil hat types, to a hous…
Racial surveillance has a long history
The path from Laquan McDonald’s summary execution by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to the reluctant release — over a year later — by the Chicago Police…
OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy
On Friday, Congress will vote on a mutated version of security threat sharing legislation that had previously passed through the House and Senate. These earlier…
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CTIC’s Vagle on intelligence, surveillance laws in wake of Paris attacks
"In the wake of the recent attacks in Paris and recent comments on intelligence gathering made by CIA Director John Brennan, Penn Law talked to Jeffrey Vag…
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If We Want to Throw Body Cameras on Every Police Officer, We're Going to Need Better Laws
""Every department has room to improve, even the best in the nation," Harlan Yu, principal at civil rights consulting firm Upturn, told Mic. &quo…
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The Transatlantic Digital Dialogue is a multi-stakeholder working group of experts from Germany and the United States. It was assembled and stewarded by the Sti…
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Data and protecting the right to privacy
Cross-posted from the Knight Foundation. Video: Knight News Challenge: Data. Jennifer Granick is director of civil liberties at the Center for Internet and So…
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‘Gone Girl’ Suspect Confesses to Reporter—As FBI Listens In
"“I think it’s a good motion,” says Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. “The officers manipulate…