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Will your vote count? 4 cyber threats on Election Day
This post was originally published on October 29, 2020. As we draw near to the 2020 U.S. presidential election on November 3, cybersecurity looks like it will be crucial to upholding the integrity of ...
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Limiting the president’s power to shut down the internet
This post was originally published on November 3, 2020. A law written 86 years ago, when telephones were still somewhat novel, has inadvertently given the U.S. president the ability to shut the intern...
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20 tech giants could face stricter rules in the EU. Will this hurt innovation?
Facebook, Amazon, Google, and other Silicon Valley leviathans could face new rules designed to control their market power, according to a new report in the Financial Times. EU regulators are forming a...
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Voters chose their digital rights on Election Day
On Tuesday, U.S. voters didn’t just cast ballots for who they wanted to be their president—several states and cities also voted for legislation that will further protect their digital rights. On t...
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Best home security camera systems for privacy and security
Closed circuit television (CCTV) was once very difficult to set up. You’d need to buy expensive equipment, lay cables, get multiple monitors, and, in cases where you’d want to use radio signals, a...
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A spying smartwatch highlights kids’ privacy risks
Smartwatches for kids have gained popularity in the last few years, both to encourage physical activity to fight a burgeoning obesity epidemic, and to help parents better track their children when the...
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Biometric data collection around the world
In recent years, biometrics have increasingly played a key role in the governance and operation of our daily lives. Biometrics falls under two main categories, physiological and behavioral, and includ...
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Data privacy laws by country
In recent years, we’ve seen great strides in the implementation of data privacy laws around the world. Any country in the European Union already has a leg up, thanks to its General Data Protection R...
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10 times Facebook violated your privacy
Another day, another Facebook leak. What are the odds? This time, it seems that personal information for just over half a billion users has leaked online. That’s more than the combined populations o...
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A less-invasive Covid-19 tracker: Sniffer dogs
This article was originally published on November 19, 2020. The technological solutions that countries have implemented to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 have been costly to individual privacy. From ...
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