Lucas Ropek reports: Cybercriminals have been sexually extorting children and women using data stolen from large tech companies, according to a new report. Apple, Twitter, Google’s parent company Alphabet, Discord, Meta, and Snap Inc. have all recently handed over sensitive user information to criminals, which has frequently been used to hack into victims’ accounts or…
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These Eight States Have Passed Laws Making It Nearly Impossible to Get an Abortion
Arianna Coghill reports: With Roe v. Wade at risk of being overturned by the Supreme Court, 2022 is shaping up to be a historically bad year for reproductive rights. And while anti-choice lawmakers have been working toward this for decades, they’ve only gotten bolder with their moves in the past few years. If the court does away with Roe, 26 states will…
Announce: Privacy Harms – Final Published Version (Solove & Citron)
Two resources of note this week. First, as seen on Teach Privacy, Daniel Solove’s site: I’m delighted to announce that the final published version of my article, Privacy Harms,is now out in print! Privacy Harms, 101 B.U. L. Rev. 793 (2022) (with Danielle Keats Citron) Abstract: The requirement of harm has significantly impeded the enforcement of…
You’re muted… or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen even when mic is off
Jason Daley reports: Kassem Fawaz’s brother was on a videoconference with the microphone muted when he noticed that the microphone light was still on—indicating, inexplicably, that his microphone was being accessed. Alarmed, he asked Fawaz, an expert in online privacy and an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, to…