Who tracks the trackers? Firefox to monitor ad cookies
Date published: June 19, 2013NBC News"The Cookie Clearinghouse, created by Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, aims to centralize the cookie-management process by keeping a list of which cookie...
View ArticleFirefox Web browser to move ahead plan to block tracking
Date published: June 19, 2013Washington Post"The clearest losers in Mozilla’s plan will be companies that track users without their knowledge. They will be permitted to request permission to place a...
View ArticleMozilla and Stanford Pitch New Cookie Blocking Approach
Date published: June 19, 2013Ad Age"Mozilla and Stanford will support opt-out cookies set by the Digital Advertising Alliance, which operates the ad industry’s Ad Choices privacy program, and let users...
View ArticleCenter for Internet and Society Launches “Cookie Clearinghouse” to Enable...
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School launched a new online privacy initiative today called the “Cookie Clearinghouse,” which will empower Internet users to make informed...
View ArticleStanford joins Mozilla in war on cookies
Date published: June 20, 2013InfoWorld""Internet users are starting to understand that their online activities are closely monitored, often by companies they have never heard of before," said Aleecia...
View ArticleThird-Party Blocking Moves Forward For Mozilla’s Firefox Browser
Date published: June 21, 2013RedOrbit"After a period of review, Firefox decided to go ahead with plans to block third-party cookies for its new version of the web browser. The non-profit organization,...
View ArticleMozilla plotting block- and allow-lists for tracking Firefox cookies
Date published: June 24, 2013ITProPortal""Today Mozilla is committing to work with Aleecia [McDonald of CIS] and the CCH Advisory Board, whose members include Opera Software, to develop the CCH so that...
View ArticleSurveillance Myth #1: I Have Nothing to Hide
In the public debate over secret NSA spying, we keep hearing three refrains to justify, or at least accommodate people, to the U.S. government's surveillance practices. These are, "the spying is legal,...
View ArticleBorder Militarization Unacceptable Compromise
The Corker-Hoeven Amendment moved one step closer to being added to Senate Bill 744 yesterday with a 67-27 vote on a motion to invoke cloture. The Corker-Hoeven Amendment deals a great blow to border...
View ArticleTool Without A Handle: The Dark Side
“Tool Without a Handle: The Dark Side” “Chaos, control. Chaos, control. You like, you like?” - John Guare, Six Degrees of SeparationRead more » about Tool Without A Handle: The Dark Side
View ArticleMake copyright law less of a lottery
Author(s): Julie AhrensPublication Date: June 27, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingCross-posted from The Art NewspaperRead more » about Make copyright law less of a lottery
View ArticleThe Criminal NSA
Date published: June 28, 2013Jennifer Granick's opinion piece "The Criminal NSA" co-authored with CIS affiliate scholar Christopher Sprigman has been published in the New York Times. Read more »...
View ArticleU.S Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for Democracy Around...
Author(s): Christopher SprigmanJennifer GranickPublication Date: June 28, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingU.S Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for Democracy Around the World: An...
View ArticleOpEd-pocylpse on NSA's illegal and unwise surveillance
This morning, the NY Times posted my op-ed, co-authored with CIS affiliate scholar Chris Sprigman, arguing that the two federal statutes the Obama Administration has pointed to as authorizing NSA mass...
View ArticleCalling All Security Researchers for Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Auernheimer (weev)
We at the Center for Internet and Society are writing an amicus brief on Weev's behalf. Signatories must join by JULY 5th. Email me if you want to be a signatory on the brief. My email is jennifer...
View ArticleMozilla: Ad Networks Have No 'Constitutional Right' To Set Cookies
Date published: July 2, 2013MediaPost"McDonald said today that even if browsers block third-party cookies, companies can still serve online ads that don't rely on data collected across more than one...
View ArticleTools To Help You Hide Online Raise The Ire Of Advertisers
Date published: July 2, 2013NPR"That master list will be the Cookie Clearinghouse, which will be hosted at Stanford."Read more » about Tools To Help You Hide Online Raise The Ire Of Advertisers
View ArticleU.S. Border Agency Allows Others to Use Its Drones
Date published: July 3, 2013New York Times"“The danger comes from dragnet surveillance,” is how Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, described it. He called himself mostly a...
View ArticleWithout My Consent is Seeking Research Participants to Better Understand...
Online stalking, harassment, and invasions of privacy can be incredibly destructive. Yet very little empirical data exisits regarding these incidents. This paucity of data hinders educational, support,...
View ArticleMozilla, Professors, Scientists, Researchers Stand Up for Weev
Today the Mozilla Foundation joined an illustrious group of computer scientists and privacy researchers in an amicus brief the Center for Internet and Society filed in the United States Court of...
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