Privacy & Security

AI is shrinking the gap between skill and ability for those who want to conduct cyberattacks.

Anthropic shut off access to Fable just days after its release.

Users store a huge amount of data online, but is that information safe?

ASML's Keyring is a digital wallet that facilitates relationship-credential exchanges among peers.

Chief AI Scientist Josh Joseph is quoted in the WSJ.

Why do more cybersecurity instruments lead to less digital resilience? Analyzing policies across 29 countries with a crucial focus on the Global South, Yannis Kemel uses strategic…

"Plunkett believes parents can educate themselves about harmful online content and how easy it is for their children to access it ‒ whether intentionally or not."

The vulnerability-finding capabilities of technologies like Mythos have important ramifications for cybersecurity, argues Bruce Schneier in The Guardian. Though Mythos doesn't…

Daji Landis, Faculty Associate Elettra Bietti, and alum Sunoo Park address security vs. interoperability arguments in antitrust and regulatory proceedings against Big Tech.

ASML's Keyring empowers users to track how their data is collected, stored, and used online.

Worried about how online firms use data they get from you?Berkman Klein researchers based out of the Applied Social Media Lab unveil a new tool to verify identity, let users limit…

Are we sharing our kids online in ways that could come back to harm them later?

Chatrie v. United States might serve as a landmark decision on the Fourth Amendment in the digital age.

What does Anthropic's Mythos mean for the future of cybersecurity?

Jonathan Zittrain compares today’s conflicts to tensions surrounding the early internet.

Affiliate Bruce Schneier and David Lie argue against private companies having unilateral control over AI that affects security and safety. Read more in The Globe and Mail. 

Camille François, J. Nathan Matias, and coauthors suggest that model cards could help AI companies catch up to industry transparency policies on child safety.

Faculty Associate Sandra Cortesi and Co-Director Urs Gasser identify four design approaches that align children's online safety with their rights and agency. In a new paper in…

Affiliate Bruce Schneier offers an optimistic viewpoint on AI-powered cybersecurity.

Faculty Associate Mailyn Fidler "surfaces the phenomenon of cybersecuritization and offers a novel framework for analyzing and critiquing it."

Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett argues that the spread of "brain rot" is being accelerated by AI.

Maayan Perel, Ohad Somech, and Faculty Associate Niva Elkin-Koren analyze 279 platforms' Terms of Use to study how platforms use contractual terms to enclose publicly available…

What can we do when the rules that shape our lives online become too complicated to keep track?Transparency Hub is a resource designed to help people explore, compare, and better…

Affiliate Alan Raul argues that ICE's aggressive approach to approaching citizens and non-citizens alike is prohibited by the Fourth Amendment's provision against unreasonable…

Faculty Associate Petra Molnar is among the authors of a new report from the Migration + Tech Monitor and the Refugee Law Lab.

A number of BKC community members gathered for a symposium on Faculty Associate Jon Penney's new book, Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age.

Dasha Pruss warns that facial recognition systems are only the tip of the carceral AI iceberg.

At a recent panel convened by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier spoke on the threats and opportunities presented by governments…

Faculty Associate Virgilio Almeida and coauthors explore governance structures and forms of institutional oversight to maintain human control over agentic AI.

Affiliate Ram Shankar Siva Kumar and coauthors "present a practical scanner for identifying sleeper agent-style backdoors in causal language models."

Faculty Associate George Chalhoub is quoted in Fortune.

Quantum sensing technologies test existing privacy frameworks severely because they bypass the physical boundaries—walls, distance, the opacity of the human body—on which existing…

In an interview with The Harvard Gazette, Faculty Co-Director Rebecca Tushnet explains the legal difficulties that AI deepfakes present.

ByteDance has struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to loosen TikTok's ties to China, alleviating national security concerns relating to the app.

Faculty Associate Petra Molnar and other tech experts identify trends that they're watching in the new year.

Julie Owono reflects on the Oversight Board's first five years.

Faculty Co-Director and First Amendment scholar Rebecca Tushnet maintains that the laws necessary to prevent and punish artificially-generated explicit (and illegal) content…

Affiliate Rudy Fraser explains how the Blacksky toolkit allows community builders to control algorithms, moderation, governances, and fund-pooling.

Faculty Associate Jon Penney's new book explores the weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technologies to repress and control us. Chilling Effects is available now…

A new piece for CNET engages with Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett's work on "sharenthood."

Mailyn Fidler details the recent UN Cybercrime Convention, arguing that most analyses have overlooked the Convention's implications for global mutual legal assistance, regardless…

The book, in Palfrey's words, aims to "help make sure that the use of technology is actually a part of thriving in older age, and not something that’s a hardship for older people."

Bruce Schneier and coauthors caution that cyber attackers are now using AI agents to automate some parts of the hacking process, meaning that future attacks may supersede our…

BKC Affiliate Paul Fehlinger and coauthor Johannes Lenhard detail extant conflicts between institutional Limited Partners (LPs) and the emerging AI data economy.

Sahana Udupa and coauthors explore regulatory efforts toward curtailing extreme speech on encrypted messaging platforms such WhatsApp.

Affiliate Bruce Schneier and coauthor Davi Ottenheimer argue that the emergence of AI agents in the (near) Web 3.0 future necessitates data integrity, in the sense that users…

Alongside two coauthors, Bruce Schneier argues that the US government and semiconductor firms alike must enforce (and comply with the enforcement of) regulations.

In a symposium post for Opinio Juris, Lubin examines how AI-driven private security contractors are pushing beyond the limits of the International Code of Conduct for Private…

Bruce Schneier and coauthors argue that even attempted cyberattacks on election infrastructure can erode public trust in elections' integrity across party lines.

Petra Molnar details a disturbing new artificial intelligence platform - ICERAID.us - which "offers cryptocurrency rewards to users who upload photos of 'suspicious activity'…

Bruce Schneier demonstrates the ever-growing importance of data integrity, proposing a novel research program on integrous system design.

Affiliate Bruce Schneier testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concerning DOGE's access to and use of Americans' data, reminding congresspersons…

Sahana Udupa explores the dark side of encrypted messaging apps, exploring how hateful messages (which she dubs "extreme speech") can flourish in such apps because smaller-scale…

"The fear that women already experience on the street, at the beach, inside a store or on social media is being transformed to constant paranoia under the ever-watchful eyes of AI…

MuckRock hosted an online discussion among experts fighting for more meaningful transparency in the face of DOGE, including Clinical Instructor Mason Kortz.

Camille Stewart Gloster and Afua Bruce argue that large companies should consider dedicating training and support resources to aid small businesses in adopting AI responsibly and…

Naomi Shiffman and Brandon Silverman present their 'case for transparency,' highlighting cases demonstrating the positive impacts of platform transparency across spheres.

Faculty Associate Mailyn Fidler examines how divergent international cybercrime laws reflect competing global visions of sovereignty and power.

Dia Kayyali spoke to Petra Molnar and other experts to ascertain how the Trump administration is using AI for immigration enforcement.

Faculty Associate Petra Molnar warns that AI-driven visa revocation programs chill discourse and weaken civil society at large.

Magda Romanska argues that we're nearing a frightening form of technological totalitarianism.

Ram Shankar Siva Kumar reflects on his time on Microsoft's AI Red Team, a group of technical experts who emulate real-world cyberattacks to allow companies to strengthen their…

Should the NSA be concerned about security flaws in Signal?

Jack Cushman gives readers a primer on Signal's privacy capabilities in light of the Atlantic's editor in chief being added to a group chat used by American leaders to plan…

Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer argue that the emergence of artifical intelligence in the age of Web 3.0 requires a multi-layered approach to digital security with a…

Brenda Dvoskin and Thomas Kadri interrogate Big Tech Feminism, the push towards protecting women from online sexuality.

In an essay for the Florida Law Review, Jon Penney and Danielle Citron explore the ways that the Dobbs decision spurred a level of "corporate surveillance of intimate life [that]…

BKC co-founder Jonathan Zittrain moderated a debate between Anupam Chander and Alan Rozenshtein about the possible threats to national security posed by TikTok.

RSM Visiting Scholar Eric Gilbert and coauthors argue that we need new laws to expedite the takedown of non-consensual intimate media (NCIM).

Bruce Schneier observes that the UK's demands that Apple weaken its security worldwide will exacerbate threats to users.

Faculty Associate Swati Srivastava shares her thoughts on public versus private power, “how discussions of sovereignty can tell us about corporate power, and what might be new…

Anupam Chander argues that a national security approach to internet regulation is economically and politically risky.

Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejías warn against “data colonialism” and call for grassroots resistance to Musk's interference in the US Government.

Knight Responsible AI Fellow Rumman Chowdhury warns that “AI for Good” initiatives can exploit under-resourced communities as test grounds for unproven tech.

"One upside of fact-checking is that it's almost like a speed bump—it makes people pause and think. Now, bad actors know that this safeguard has been removed, and they have the…

Technologies impact every aspect of migration, Petra Molnar writes, and are often used without proper regulation or regard for human rights.

Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer argue that “the U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history.”

RSM Visiting Scholar Allison Stanger believes that Elon Musk’s new involvement with government is unlikely to be altruistic.

Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders warn of the risks posed by DOGE’s extreme approach to AI implementation.

“Can the interest in record publicity coexist with the growing ease of de-anonymizing and revealing sensitive information about individuals?”

Ethan Zuckerman and coauthors raise concerns about AI companies using user-generated social media data to train their LLMs.

Bruce Schneier and coauthor Barath Raghavan argue that all talking AIs and robots should use ring modulators to make themselves distinguishable from human speech.

Nana Nwachukwu's chapter analyzes the impacts of digital surveillance technologies on Nigerians' agency, rights, and the ways that social power dynamics play out.

Affiliate Ram Shankar Siva Kumar and coauthors suggest ways that Microsoft and other tech giants can mitigate the security risks inherent in emerging AI technologies.

Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett tackles the unregulated world of child influencers.

Biella Coleman and Matt Goerzen are among the collaborators on an upcoming interview series documenting the "rich cultural history of the hacking scene" and its influence on…

Ben Brooks weighs in on Meta's decision to allow the U.S. government to use its Llama LLM for national security purposes.

How should privacy law protect consumers from AI?

Dasha Pruss and Petra Molnar critique carceral uses of AI and offer suggestions for mitigating this technology's use.

Ulises Mejías and Nick Couldry propose data colonialism as a paradigm for understanding Big Tech's data practices.

Leah Plunkett raises privacy concerns with student-tracking apps.

Bruce Schneier sat down with the Harvard Gazette to discuss just how common online scams are.

The Israeli attack on Hezbollah sheds light on widespread vulnerabilities.

An OONI-sponsored report investigates internet censorship in Kazakhstan.

"It’s like saying that a bill addressing wildfire risks should be rejected because it doesn’t address flooding risks."

Juan Ortiz Freuler breaks down the latest information on the case against Pavel Durov.

Juan Ortiz Freuler and Apunam Chander weigh in on the arrest of Pavel Durov.

Wendy Seltzer and Tom Zick consider the efficacy of implementing "personhood credentials" as means to deter bad actors online while maintaining users' anonymity.

Ethan Zuckerman explores how the Crowdstrike outage makes computing farm more vulnerable than it ought to be.

What mistakes have AI companies made, and what challenges should they anticipate?

Leah Plunkett discusses the evolving legal landscape of children's data privacy, including a recent US Department of Justice suit against TikTok.

Bruce Schneier and Tarah Wheeler critique the lack of power granted to the White House's Cyber Safety Review Board.

Presenting at CSU, San Bernardino, Elodie Vialle highlights the risks of allowing harassment and violence against journalists to go unchecked.

In a newly-published book, Samson Esayas offers concrete policy proposals to address the legal challenges of big data.

Isadora Borges Monroy writes about the tension between expanding surveillance and protecting democracy.

Jonathan Zittrain writes about the potentially devastating consequences of automated bots.

Diana Freed sits down with Ethan Zuckerman to talk about digital safety for young people and survivors of intimate partner violence.

Petra Molnar discusses AI surveillance at the border.

Bruce Schneier writes about a recent potential cybersecurity catastrophe.

Florian Martin-Bariteau evaluates the Online Harms Act, a complex proposal to protect Canadians online.

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier and Josephine Wolff describe the difficulties of forming a government back cybersecurity insurance backstop.

BKC Affiliate Marissa Gerchick and Matt Cagle argue that facial recognition test scores mislead communities about the technology's harms.

BKC Affiliate Tunde Okunoye contemplates what investment in digital identification projects in Africa may achieve—and who they may benefit.

Bruce Schneier writes about the CFPB's proposed data rules and its benefits.

Bruce Schneier explains the need for a rethinking of trust and governance to prepare for the future of AI.

Leah Plunkett speaks to Teen Vogue about the new "Right to Be Forgotten" bill introduced in Maryland to protect child influencers. 

Leah Plunkett writes about how algorithms can quickly become privacy violations.

BKC Faculty Associate Asaf Lubin comments on why it makes little sense that there are no rules for espionage during times of peace when there are rules for times of war.

BKC Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett discusses considerations parents should make before sharing information about their children online.

Zahra Stardust co-authors commentary reflecting on sextech futures.

BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman and Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci discuss the privacy considerations surrounding the creation of third-party social media tools to create a…

Chad Rajendra-Nicolucci and BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman argue that fresh approaches to privacy will be necessary for the ecosystem of third-party tools that complement…

BKC Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett comments on sharing photos of children and their faces online. 

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier writes about decarbonizing crypto and the opportunity to curb its massive environmental impact. "The good news is that cryptocurrencies don’t have…

BKC Fellow Kesa White writes about extremism and its links to identity and gender.  "Identities make people unique and allow them to live their truth…

BKC Fellow Bruce Schneier writes about the Uber hack. "In all of these cases, the victimized organizations could have very likely protected our data better, but the reality is…

BKC Faculty Associate Jasmine McNealy writes about the recognition of sonic privacy.

Kendra Albert writes about how researchers should handle sex/gender variables in different contexts like medicine, and the different pitfalls researchers may fall into. “False…

BKC Faculty Associate Sameer Hinduja speaks about the new Snapchat safety features.   “Now, of course, those parents or guardians are not going to be able to see the…

BKC Faculty Associate Woodrow Hartzog writes about the repetitive mistakes made by organizations whenever a data breach or spill occurs. “The main plotline of so many data…

“As dating apps continue to receive pressure from civil society, media and governments to address a range of safety concerns, technology companies have developed and deployed a…

Kendra Albert discusses surveillance tools that could put teens at risk post Dobbs. “I’m always more worried about times when you just add more keywords to the system compared…

Alejandra Caraballo speaks about the privacy issues surrounding the payment data that financial companies collect when it comes to evidence of abortion.  “Alejandra…

Kendra Albert writes about the uncertainty surrounding period trackers, and breaks down the fears behind privacy issues surrounding such apps. “Period trackers are not the…

David O’Brien speaks with Boston 25 News about protecting yourself from being tracked by your Wifi signal. “A big part of the problem is that when wireless protocols were…

Alejandra Caraballo speaks about privacy issues surrounding abortion care rights in the workplace. “Once you criminalize the activity, it opens up so much more leeway for law…

Alejandra Caraballo provides an overview on how surveillance technology can impact prosecutions in the Post-Roe era. People are rightly already asking, What would happen to me…

Afsaneh Rigot connects Telegram in Russia, Elon Musk’s Twitter plans, and threats to abortion access and safety...

This report outlines how Design From the Margins can be used to build technologies for decentered cases from the beginning of the design process…

Alejandra Caraballo discusses privacy issues in tech relating to abortions.  "Alejandra Caraballo is a clinical instructor at the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic. From…

Alejandra Caraballo writes about how tech companies have to grapple with limiting abortion access in the United States. “Tech companies will wake up on the day the Dobbs v…

Bruce Schneier discusses how end-to-end encryption could look for Twitter DMs. Twitter's relatively smaller size — its global user base is a fraction of Facebook, Instagram and…

Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier explains that paper vaccine cards strike a good balance between ease and security.

Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog have devised a series of recommendations to better Internet governance in "Breached! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It."

Afsaneh Rigot explains why Design from the Margins is necessary and salutary...

Reinforcement learning could be the most promising path to artificial general intelligence. But Tom Zick and a team of other researchers urge caution in a new report.

Sameer Hinduja explains the implications of a security flaw on Reddit that allow removed posts to continue to be viewed.

Woodrow Hartzog writes that “Privacy is still a concept in disarray. But that’s okay."

Afsaneh Rigot writes that requirements for real identities on the Internet pose immense safety and security issues — especially for marginalized persons.

Babatunde Okunoye shares insight on why digital identity projects have faced slow user acceptance and adoption in parts of Africa.

Ben Green argues that human oversight policies allow the government to use flawed or controversial algorithms without addressing the fundamental issues with the tools — and…

Shreya Tewari shares the problems with proposals that compromise user privacy in favor of other important goals.

David O'Brien explains how the two decades since the September 11 terrorist attacks have involved a broad expansion of government surveillance powers.

Asaf Lubin explains the problems with current efforts to prevent cybercrime.

Babatunde Okunoye explains the importance of digital security for ID systems.

Samer Hassan shows how blockchain technology can create collaborative economies.

Elizabeth Renieris considers the pitfalls of Apple’s new ID feature.

Danielle Citron comments on Google’s efforts to reduce slander.

Bruce Schneier is interviewed about the future of AI hacking.

In a post for Brookings, Bruce Schneier and colleague argue that cybersecurity vulnerabilities are a major part of warfare.

Elizabeth Renieris discusses data collection by private-sector companies and how incentives differ for public health organizations.

Elizabeth Renieris discusses vaccine passports with MIT Technology Review

Jasmine McNealy and Stephanie Nguyen recap an FTC Workshop Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Renieris explains the benefits and drawbacks of privacy-enhancing technologies. "There is no question that PETs can be useful in reducing some of the risks…

Zahra Stardust and colleagues on cybersecurity and dating apps

A profile of Bruce Schneier in IEEE Spectrum

Tunde Okunoye shares an overview of developments in digital rights in Africa for the BKC Medium Collection.

David O’Brien spoke with Boston 25 News about ransomware attacks and the ransomware industry

Danielle Citron joins the Democracy in Danger podcast.

Elizabeth Renieris explains vaccine passports and potential implications of enforcing them.

David O’Brien shares insight on using third-party vaccine scheduling websites

Elizabeth Renieris explains Google’s Privacy Sandbox

Danielle Citron explains how deepfakes are becoming easier to create and harder to spot

Bruce Schneier co-authors op ed on Bitcoin vulnerabilities

Elizabeth Renieris discusses targeted advertising and Federated Learning of Cohorts

Tunde Okunoye on codifying bug bounty programs in cybersecurity practice

Effy Vayena and colleagues publish in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Desmond Patton is cited in an overview of NYPD surveillance technologies

Bruce Schneier says the market economy played a significant role in the SolarWinds attack.

Ifeoma Ajunwa discusses employee surveillance with HBS Digital Initiative

Bruce Schneier says the security threat to worry about is the one facing the public, not the president

Woodrow Hartzog quoted by the New York Times editorial board

Bruce Schneier offers cybersecurity advice for responding to the SolarWinds attack.

Asaf Lubin calls the SolarWinds Hack a "constitutive moment" in Just Security

In The Guardian, Bruce Schneier says the US must rethink its cybersecurity protocols

Persuasion is essential to society and democracy, but we need new rules governing how companies can harness it, argue Bruce Schneier and colleague

Nick Couldry and colleague argue data about intimate details of our lives should not be exploited by corporations

Elizabeth Renieris explains why Google’s privacy moves may not be good for individual privacy

Leah Plunkett provides insight into student surveillance during the pandemic

BKC co-directors James Mickens and Jonathan Zittrain discussed today’s cybersecurity challenges at a recent event.

Plunkett discusses sharing kids’ data on social media

Zeynep Tufecki discusses college COVID-19 apps in an op-ed for The Atlantic.

Woodrow Hartzog and Neil Richards argue that Clearview AI is wrongfully trying to use the First Amendment to ensure a freedom to surveil at will.

Report from Quentin Palfrey and colleagues examines privacy risks of online education

Emma Day and colleagues share challenges related to the protection of children’s data during the COVID-19 pandemic

Leah Plunkett discusses privacy concerns about online education

Researchers share concerns about free services and public health interventions by tech companies

The #BigTech antitrust hearing and the path ahead for privacy

Bruce Schneier explains the recent Twitter hack

VentureBeat features research from BKC community members

Apryl Williams, Mutale Nkonde, and Allissa V. Richardson speak at event

Afsaneh Rigot says internet privacy and security measures are critical safety tools

Technological systems should be reimagined to include the needs and the rights of refugees, Dragana Kaurin argues.

Bruce Schneier talks end-to-end encryption with CNN

Quentin Palfrey led research study of more than 100 apps

Bruce Schneier on contact tracing apps:  “The smartphone is the most invasive surveillance device our species has ever invented. I don’t see what’s happening now [during…

BKC's Mary Gray on the role of corporations in public health and worker surveillance

Surveillance thrives in unequal environments, and the pandemic will increase inequality. We need a welfare state for our digital information economy, argues Beatriz Botero Arcila.

A legal, public health, and technical perspective from BKC’s Elizabeth Renieris.

Civil rights protections are as necessary in virtual spaces as in physical ones, Danielle Citron says

We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it, writes Ifeoma Ajunwa

Woodrow Hartzog warns about the long-term consequences of the apps

Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger argue against using facial recognition to combat COVID-19

Danielle Citron and colleagues on the significance of deep fakes

Ifeoma Ajunwa on worker surveillance

Bruce Schneier shares insight into password security

Bruce Schneier spoke to The Hill about the use of digital contact tracing.

Bruce Schneier shares his opinion on contact tracing apps

When it comes to children’s privacy online, the law is spotty.

Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster.

Leah Plunkett on the importance of protecting child privacy while social distancing.

Beatriz Botero Arcila warns that while location data might help address the coronavirus outbreak, it also threatens the privacy of citizens.

A Vermont company uses artificial intelligence to identify messages of distress, including those made by Natick students.

BKC faculty associate Ifeoma Ajunwa explains why oversurveillance of a workforce can turn counterproductive

As tech firms team up with governments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, we’re being asked to accept a trade-off between our digital privacy and our health. It’s a false choice,…

Danielle Citron on why technology’s promise is only as good as those who control it

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an equally urgent digital rights crisis.

It’s time to move beyond individualistic approaches to data governance, writes Elizabeth Renieris

Part one of an exploration into the pathways and pitfalls for good global data protection in an evolving landscape.

Proposals that would let people sell their information seem empowering—but they aren’t, writes BKC’s Elizabeth Renieris.

The BKC fellow discusses cryptography with The Politic

Despite numerous predictions by industry analysts that “self-sovereign identity” (or “SSI”) would be a key trend by now, in reality there is still limited adoption outside of…

Fast Company cites BKC's Doc Searl’s blog post on Zoom and Privacy

Data ownership is dangerous

Elizabeth Renieris considers the European Commission's recent communications regarding a universally accepted public electronic identity (eID)

More than 150 academics, scholars and tenured faculty from colleges across the country have signed an open letter that names and shames colleges for using facial recognition…

Applying core international human rights principles to coronavirus-related privacy interferences

Governments are increasingly using digital technologies and big data analytics to address the Covid-19 pandemic. At this stage of the pandemic, these technologies may not deliver…

David O’Brien argues that the American government will have to walk a fine line if it wants to get useful information while still preserving citizens’ privacy rights.

Elizabeth Renieris argues it’s not just the government that is having to navigate these complex questions.

Why aren’t we better prepared?

BKC fellow Beatriz Botero Arcila on why getting compensated for your personal data is not a good idea.

Woodrow Hartzog argues that any US version of GDPR would, in practice, be something of a GDPR-lite.

Elizabeth Renieris on why we should not celebrate Google's move to remove third-party cookies from Chrome

Mutale Nkonde spoke to Coindesk about surveillance capitalism and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

As the growing scale of facial recognition shows, more data can always be extracted.

Dragana Kaurin speaks to the problems that arise when law enforcement uses location data.

Elizabeth Renieris on what BIPA and SyRI-related developments tell us about the future of privacy

Elizabeth Renieris warns that a new product offering companies working on Web 3 a way to send in-app notifications and targeted emails may be rebuilding what blockchain set out to…

The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.

Faculty associate Woodrow Hartzog spoke to the New York Times about the harrowing consequences of facial recognition

The deadly December shooting of three U.S. sailors at a Navy installation could reignite a long-simmering fight between the federal government and tech companies over data privacy…

The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the U.S. doesn’t want to fix since they help its own surveillance efforts.

Faculty associate Leah Plunkett joins The Jefferson Exchange to discuss the problems with parents creating a digital dossier that could follow their kids for life. Listen…

Elizabeth Renieris on why a blockchain-based identity layer for the web could have unintended consequences.

A theory of digital ID premised on Helen Nissenbaum’s theory of privacy

Leah Plunkett on how you should navigate your child's digital footprint. “To save their childhood, youth today need us, their parents, to fight against our “sharenting”…

David O’Brien says password sharing is highly inadvisable.

David O’Brien talks password security with Gizmodo

As implants grow more common, experts fear surveillance and exploitation of workers.

Danielle Citron reflects on her career, current events, and the future

Leah Plunkett discusses her new book with WNYC

Leah Plunkett talks about her new book, Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online.

Leah Plunkett shares tips for navigating technology when it comes to kids

We will never get the policy right if policymakers get the technology wrong, Bruce Schneier says.

While the social media platform’s latest approach to facial recognition appears to respect user’s choices, the offer is so tainted we can’t truly agree to it

When it comes to 5G technology, we have to build a trustworthy system out of untrustworthy parts

Leah Plunkett urges parents to stop and think before sharing family photos, stories, and data online.

The public policy case for limited legal interventions in the indemnification of categories of cyber harm

China is more likely to try to get data from the US communications infrastructure, says Bruce Schneier

Valentin Weber tracks the global diffusion of repressive information controls and techniques

You can’t eliminate all the personal data your phone collects and shares about you. But you can limit it.

As synthetic biology "programming" reaches the complexity of traditional computer programming, the risks of computer systems will transfer to biological systems.

What happens when the slow telos of parenthood meets the insatiable rhythms of social media?

Why oversharing about children today could end up hurting them for years to come.

Bruce Schneier comments on election security for NPR

The distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist

BKC report proposes responsible privacy-protective approaches for cities

Faculty associate explains why FERPA is difficult to enforce

With election meddling inevitable in 2020, the United States needs a powerful kill chain

Non-internet-connected election systems are actually connected to the internet

Can insurance companies refuse to cover the costs of a cyberattack linked to nation-state actors?

The Enterprisers Project highlights Bruce Schneier’s Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

Apple is testing new sign-in options for iCloud, but there are privacy concerns

Local governments must protect your privacy as they turn to “smart city” technology.

We’ll have to battle both the disease and the fake news, writes BKC’s Bruce Schneier

AI can flag people based on their clothing or behavior, identify people's emotions, and find people who are acting "unusual”

The belief that China’s surveillance gives it an advantage is misleading—and dangerous, argues Bruce Schneier

Henry Farrell and BKC’s Bruce Schneier write a Forum Response to reactions to their earlier essay

As Microsoft works on cloud security, it’s looking to attract `White Hat’ hackers with rewards and legal guarantees.

A new paper used YouTubers’ voices to guess what they looked like. Was it ethical? Casey Fiesler weighs in.

The controversy over telecommunications equipment from Chinese manufacturer Huawei is just the tip of a large cyber risk iceberg, Bruce Schneier warns.

As San Francisco halts city use of facial recognition technology, CIOs could see more regulatory actions against surveillance technology -- and more limits on their use of data.

While are benefits of “smart” technology, they also afford companies significant control over the devices.

Gretchen Greene lends insight into the adoption of facial recognition technology in police departments across the U.S.

Ad tracking services are disturbingly effective.

How the vast amount of data collected from refugees is gathered, stored and shared today

Envelopes are one of those banal objects of everyday life we seldom think much about. They are, however, an ancient — and at one time controversial — privacy technology.

Billions of users interact with and download apps on major app stores on a daily basis. It is important for them to know why certain apps that they might have been using, or would…

Thanks to “data inference” technology, companies know more about you than you disclose.

"It's dangerous, racializing, and has few legitimate uses; facial recognition needs regulation and control on par with nuclear waste."

Some algorithms assume crime in one location leads to others nearby. Others identify specific people most likely to be involved in violence. Both can lead to discrimination.

Defining predicate singling out, a new type of privacy attack intended to capture the concept of singling out appearing in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Ben Green's work as a data scientist in city governments informed his critical view of the "smart city" tech that could influence city life and society for decades to come.

Ben Green argues that cities are adopting “smart” technology without thinking through the political ramifications of the technology.

Academics and campaigners condemned large chunks of the indictment that they said went head-to-head with basic activities of journalism protected by the first amendment of the US…

Making smart speakers and technologies smarter, but what about privacy?

How the government, or regulators, can start thinking about privacy and the data economy

Five tips to secure your phone - it might not keep a foreign country determined to strike away, but it will strengthen your security.

An unsolicited picture shared over Apple's AirDrop leads to questions over how the technology is governed.

How do we expand the benefits of machine learning, while protecting privacy?

Anything “public” on social media may be fair game, but researchers should be more ethical about using that data

A recently unveiled proposal for regulating the Internet of Things in the US falls short in some areas, but could make some significant strides towards advancing the status quo

Some critics worry the new privacy push is also a way to dodge regulation and avoid moderating content: “The devil is in the details.”

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a major strategy shift on Wednesday, declaring that the world’s largest social network will develop a highly secure…

Innovation can mean more than just "use new technology."

You’ve probably never heard of many of the data firms registered under a new law, but they’ve heard a lot about you.

Change is a constant in the security industry, and being willing to change as needed is one of the key growth factors in any business — large or small.