Our Cyborg Future: Law and Policy Implications
Benjamin Wittes and Jane Chong examine how the law will respond as we become more cyborg-like, and the divide between human and machine becomes ever-more unstable. In particular, they consider how the law of surveillance will shift as we develop from humans who use machines into humans who partially are machines or, at least, who depend on machines pervasively for our most human-like activities.
Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft
What we see in the public with these hacking incidents seems to only be scratching the surface. There are entire communities and trading networks where the data that is stolen remains private and is rarely shared with the public.
Google to Tie Mobile Web, App Trackers for Ad Targeting
For Advertisers, One Mobile User Has Previously Often Looked Like Two
Apple Isn’t Responsible for Your Nude Selfies
Owners of cloud services specifically refuse to take responsibility for data theft. So if you’re a celebrity whose nude pictures are splashed all over by hackers, all you can do is smile and wave.
Does Google have the right to scan user emails?
Do email platforms have the right to scan user emails if it helps to combat crime?
The Future of Mobile Apps for News
The modern smartphone is 7 years old and yet, when it comes to designing mobile applications, we are still barely scratching the surface. Today we’ll see how harnessing technology already embedded in a phone can unleash great potential.
You Can Get Hacked Just By Watching This Cat Video on YouTube – The Intercept
Many otherwise well-informed people think they have to do something wrong, or stupid, or insecure to get hacked—like clicking on the wrong attachments, or browsing malicious websites. People also think that the NSA and its international partners are the only ones who have turned the internet into a militarized zone. But according to research I am releasing Read more
Aphex Twin is teasing his new album with your iP address
When you visit this site, some surveillance lines of text shows things like the amount of time you’ve spent on the site, your IP address, your location, etc. If you visit it from the World Wide Web, you can’t see the album details. If you visit it with Tor, all the details of the new album are there.
Email Encryption with Tutanota – Easy and Secure.
The emails sent with Tutanota are end-to-end encrypted. That means the encryption process takes place locally at the sender and the decryption process takes place locally at the recipient. While being send through the internet all data (subject, content, attachments) are end-to-end encrypted.