PRG News Roundup: February 17th

Apple and the US Government are at impasse after the government secured a court order requiring Apple's assistance in unlocking one of the San Bernardino killer's iPhone. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/technology/apples-stance-highlights-a-more-confrontational-tech-industry.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0   In…

PRG News Roundup: February 3rd

The discovery that the university is monitoring UC Berkeley network traffic has sparked outrage among faculty members who see such undisclosed surveillance as a significant threat to privacy.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/technology/at-uc-berkeley-a-new-digital-privacy-protest.html, http://www.dailycal.org/2016/02/02/web-cyber-controversy/. A federal…

PRG News Roundup: November 18th

In the wake of the attacks on Paris, debate in the United States has again looked determining the appropriate balance between privacy and security, especially with regard to encryption. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/18/the-paris-attacks-have-shifted-the-momentum-in-the-privacy-surveillance-debate/.…