Tool Without A Handle: Guerilla Information Warfare
“The enemies of liberal democracy hack our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these feelings to polarize and destroy" - Yuval Noah Harari.The security of our news and media information...
View ArticleThoughts on Baltimore's ongoing ransomware situation
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the USMany of Baltimore’s city services are crippled by a cyberattack.Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyLocationUnited...
View ArticleWill Brooklyn's New Autonomous Cars 'Turn Us Back To The 1950s'?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 7, 2019Gothamist"According to Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina whose research focuses on...
View ArticleI Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 8, 2019Bloomberg"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at Stanford’s Center for...
View ArticleBusinesses race to keep data flowing under a no-deal Brexit
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 8, 2019The Straits Times"Instead, companies might continue to wait and see what happens with Brexit and hope that European regulators do...
View ArticleThe FTC Can Rise to the Privacy Challenge, but Not Without Help From Congress
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Woodrow HartzogPublication Date: August 9, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingEditor's note: This piece originally appeared on TechTank.Facebook’s...
View ArticleA magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone — is that legal?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 12, 2019The Washington Post"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet...
View ArticleTesla has a huge incentive to deploy self-driving tech. But is the world ready?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 13, 2019Los Angeles Times"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who specialises in autonomous driving,...
View ArticleA military prototype smartphone hints at the risks of biometric security
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 14, 2019NBC News"“Even if the phones are well secured, allowing the vendor to take the data off the device and store it on their servers...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court strengthens digital privacy rights for probationers
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: August 15, 2019The Mercury News"“The (Supreme) Court says the record is way too thin to justify such a sweeping invasion into his private life,”...
View ArticleTalk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Crypto & Privacy Village, which is part of the massive DEF CON computer security conference (and which I help organize). My talk was about a topic...
View Article2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index West Coast Launch
Lunch: 1:00 pmProgram: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pmMay 23, 2019Stanford University
View ArticleDemocracy's Dilemma
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: May 15, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingThe key term that recurs throughout Henry Farrell’s and Bruce...
View ArticleLegal Frontiers in Digital Media
For more information and the full conference agenda, visit: https://www.medialaw.org/component/k2/item/4456Monday, May 20, 2019Inline Linking After Goldman v. Breitbart (1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.) May 20,...
View ArticleEssay in the Boston Review
Today I have a response piece up on the Boston Review, responding to an intriguing essay by Bruce Schneier and CIS affiliate Henry Farrell about how to protect democracy against what they call...
View ArticleWhat the Loss of Net Neutrality Means for Democracy and Innovation
In 2017, the FCC voted to abolish net neutrality protections, which ensure that we, not the companies we pay to get online, get to choose what we do online. This event will explore what we lost, why it...
View ArticleOrder Denying Petition to Unseal
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsPublication Date: May 20, 2019Publication Type: Litigation BriefOpinion and order affirming magistrate judge's report and recommendation (R&R) to deny the...
View ArticleCourt Denies Petition to Unseal Its Perma-Sealed Surveillance Docket
After 32 months of litigation, my quest to unseal my local federal district court's sealed surveillance docket has ended with not a single page unsealed and no prospective reforms in place....
View ArticleOpen Letter to GCHQ Regarding Threats Posed by their Ghost Proposal
Today I join several cybersecurity, civil liberties, civil society organizations and researchers in responding to the United Kingdom's GCHQ recent proposal to silently add 'ghost' users from law...
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