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Should the Government Have Access to Decryption Keys?
Governments are bringing increasing pressure on service providers to turn over their master keys to access encrypted communications. […]
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The Purpose of Encryption and Its Types
Code breaking is as old as code making, naturally. But encryption has increasingly advanced beyond decryption, to the point where decryption is in some cases almost impossible. […]
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Data Collected by the Internet of Things
Everyday gadgets in the world of the Internet of Things gather an astounding amount of data. Sometimes the data is too revealing and makes one uncomfortable. […]
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The Internet of Me, Us, It, and Those
The ownership of the data collected lies with the provider of the device. Therefore its protection too must be ensured by the same. However, that is not the case. […]
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The Proliferation of Internet of Things
The ease with which gadgets such as the internet-enabled automatic insulin pump can be operated is truly godsend. Yet, they can be hacked and turned into murder weapons. […]
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Why Government Collecting Data from Private Sector Is Trouble
The value of data was underestimated before the 9/11 attacks. It was only after the terror attacks that the government began collecting data on civilians from the private sector. Many complied, some challenged the requests, and some found a way around it. […]
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How Should We Regulate the Giants of Data Collection?
While one might think that using search engines doesn’t cost them anything, it actually does. By using these services, we are selling a product to these companies: ourselves. […]
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How Stores Predict the Future Needs of Customers
Stores like Target track the purchases of their customers. This helps them predict what the customers might be more likely to buy in the future. But the concept is creepy when you think about it. […]
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Technological Advancements and the Constitutional Laws
There is a constitutional doctrine known as search incident to arrest. It states that when there is probable cause to believe that someone has committed a crime, and when that person is arrested, that determination carries with it an authorization to search them. However, the courts decided that the data on cellphone is protected by the Fourth Amendment. […]
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Right to Privacy: Third-party Doctrine and the Issue of Consent
The collection of Internet and telephone data of an individual is not protected by any constitutional law. The court says that one has no constitutional rights to protect information voluntarily disclosed to others. This is called the third-party doctrine. However, there are concerns regarding the application of this doctrine in the modern context. […]