I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn’t Easy
The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast […]
Tag: Opinion
How the iPhone Helped Save the Planet
The more than 2 billion iPhones sold since Apple first launched it exactly 12 years ago have done a lot of good […]
I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk
Like many people, I use Venmo to pay for stuff: to split the check at dinner, to send my roommate my portion […]
Under Trump, Cybersecurity Has Waned
According to recent polling, Americans view malicious cyber activity as their top security concern—ahead of the economy, nuclear threats, and ISIL. This […]
The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget
When the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) a year ago, one of the most revolutionary aspects of the […]
Russia and Iran Plan to Fundamentally Isolate the Internet
For years, countries have spoken in vague terms about creating domestic internets that could be isolated from the world at will. Now […]
The False Promise of “Lawful Access” to Private Data
A stark reality keeps confronting us: Terrible things are being done in the world. The darkest impulses of some people are honed […]
The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange Is Broken
The First Amendment and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act collided last month when the UK arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on, […]
It’s Time to End the NSA’s Metadata Collection Program
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the adage goes. But for the sunset of Patriot Act authorities later this year—including Section […]
Right to Repair Is Now a National Issue
“Right to repair just basically says, ‘Hey guys, you got to make the information and the parts available.’” —Elizabeth Warren, on All […]