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…
Category: Misc
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…
Health Data Privacy Key to Clinical Research of Native Communities
Hannah Nelson reports: Clinical researchers who collect and analyze health data from Native communities have a unique responsibility to protect this information in ways that align with the data privacy preferences of specific communities, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers ran a workshop with 14 tribal leaders to co-design a research study to assess preferences concerning…
23 Different Types Of Violent Extremists And Counting, Will You Be Classified As One?
Joe Cadillic writes: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants Americans to believe since 2011, when the word “extremists” was just starting to take root in the public’s consciousness, there has been an explosion of violent extremism. Has there been, or is more behavior just being called “extremist” so that government can surveill and compile…