Sloan Cybersecurity Lecture at NYU-Poly
As part of the FTC's "Reclaim Your Name" initiative, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill delivered the Sloan Cybersecurity Lecture at NYU-Poly. Her talk focused on the rise of big data as…
Extra-PRG Meeting on the Technical Implications of the NSA and GCHQ Revelations
On the 27th of September, we organized an extra Privacy Research Group (PRG) meeting on the technical implications of the NSA and GCHQ surveillance programs as revealed by Edward Snowden…
Slides for “The Emotional Context of Information Privacy”
Hi all - if anyone's interested, the (perhaps too cryptic) slides which accompanied my talk last week are available below. Many thanks for everyone's feedback - more is certainly welcome!…
Cosmo publishes “10 Completely Terrible Apps No One Should Ever Use”
From an attentive MCC undergrad. Link here. The webpage itself tracks all onClick behaviors.
Is freedom from cross-border surveillance a human right?
Among the revelations about NSA surveillance this summer was the news that the United States engaged in massive surveillance of foreign governments and citizens, including embassies, delegations, and politicians of…
PRG – Overview of Legal Implications of NSA Spying
Post-911 laws and FISA court developments. PRG Discussion on 9/18/13 FISA Act governs gathering of data about foreign actors, set up in wake of Watergate. Created framework for data collection…
Setting up Accounts at PRG
Hi all-- If you don't have an account on the blog yet, please register at the link at the bottom of this post. If you have a twitter account that…
New York’s E-ZPass: We’re watching you (Salon.com)
Courtesy of Salon's Andrew Leonard: "Let’s file this one under the category of things we were reasonably sure were happening already, but are still greatly annoyed to have confirmed. New…
Repost: DEA directs agents to cover up the sources of information used to investigate Americans
This story courtesy of Akiva Miller: "Reuters reported yesterday that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been starting criminal investigations of drug-related offenses based on information obtained from from intelligence intercepts,…
Both sides to the NSA surveillance debate
Position 1: Snowden is a whistleblower and what the government is doing is illegal: http://www.whistleblower-insider.com/the-simmering-storm-over-americas-secret-surveillance-court/ Position 2: Snowden leaked classified documents improperly, and in fact, there are many controls and…