Because Everyone Needs Facebook
Facebook has rolled out several proposed updates to its privacy policy that ultimately gives Facebook even more control over its users information. Coming on...
Read MoreDigital Market Manipulation Podcast
[audio http://www.futureofprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/FPFCast.Calo_.mp3] The other week, Rebecca Rosen wrote up a fantastic overview of Professor Ryan Calo’s new paper on “Digital Market Manipulation” in The Atlantic. “What...
Read MoreFraming Big Data Debates
If finding the proper balance between privacy risks and Big Data rewards is the big public policy challenge of the day, we can start...
Read MoreFrom Cyberspace to Big Data Podcast
In the run-up to the Future of Privacy Forum’s “Big Data and Privacy” workshop with the Stanford Center for Internet & Society, I’ve taken...
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Enter the Nexus?
In 2032, a group of genetically engineered neo-Nazis create a super virus that threatens to wipe away the rest of humanity. Coming on the...
Read MoreMOOCs and My Future Employment Prospects?
Massive open online courses are a new, rapidly evolving platform for delivering educational instruction. Since their appearance just a half-decade ago, multiple platforms now...
Read MoreBuying and Selling Privacy Paper
Judge Alex Kozinski has offered to pay $2,400 a year to protect his privacy. Meanwhile, Federico Zannier started a Kickstarter to “data mine” himself...
Read MorePrivacy Protections from FISA Court May Not Compute
This is cross-post on the American Constitution Society’s blog. After the events of the past few weeks, a discussion presented by the American Constitution...
Read MoreThe Rhetoric and Law of Government Surveillance
Two weeks ago, after the President’s national security address, I was left with little reaction other than the speech sounded good. The President made overtures...
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