Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.
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US intelligence agencies can no longer collect and store the telecommunications data of US citizens but other countries are strengthening their efforts.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals went beyond striking down the NSA’s metadata surveillance program; the court also created a road map for Congress to balance privacy and security issues
Can the NSA and GCHQ really listen to your phone? Should we be concerned if they could?
Mystery malware capable of hiding itself in a hard drives’ internal electronics has been revealed, having spread worldwide for more than a decade.
Two years after Edward Snowden’s allegations concerning mass surveillance, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the UK intelligence agencies complaints tribunal, has ruled that the manner in which the UK’s…
Twitter made hay this week as Facebook suffered what has been described, perhaps a tad hyperbollically, as “the longest outage in recent memory”. That’s if your memory doesn’t stretch back much further…
When you go online today, you are likely to encounter the Reset the Net campaign. Exactly one year after the first revelations from Edward Snowden about NSA spying, the campaign is designed to mobilise…
The US’s program of drone strikes in Pakistan has, according to recent reports, slowed down considerably. But while this will encourage various observers, and while the Obama administration earned some…
Universities and researchers all over the world have a problem with Microsoft. It’s not just that the company forces expensive and dated software on customers. Using products like Microsoft’s email service…
It was bad enough when it was revealed the US National Security Agency (NSA) wanted to hack information on smartphones but now reports this week it wants to record the phone calls of an entire country…
Just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Edward Snowden has sent what he hopes will be a strong message to the powers that control the internet in a video link streamed live to South by…
A debate is brewing after a report submitted to MPs suggested that GCHQ has been breaking the law by conducting mass surveillance on UK citizens. In the red corner sits public law barrister Jemima Stratford…
It was reported this week that the NSA and British intelligence agency GCHQ have been gathering information from popular apps including David Cameron’s favourite game, Angry Birds. According to the Guardian…
Concern over privacy has peaked in recent months, especially in telecommunications, where technological advances appear to bring total surveillance ever closer to reality. In one high-profile case of recent…
President Obama faced a difficult task in his speech on reform of the NSA’s surveillance activities. As an accomplished orator, crafting a well-received speech was obviously within his capabilities, but…
Privacy – in our bedrooms, at work, on the street and on the internet – is important to everyone. But every week brings another story demonstrating the ongoing shredding of privacy that undermines those…
While every year since the advent of the internet has had its share of privacy stories, 2013 has been a cornucopia of news about surveillance and personal data. Undoubtedly, the biggest story of the year…
Even before opening his stocking on Christmas morning, Barack Obama has his holiday reading cut out for him. His Review Group on Intelligence and Surveillance Technologies has handed him a 300-page report…
Anyone who took the time to read the UK government’s latest update on its cybersecurity strategy could be forgiven for thinking that a man called Edward Snowden never existed. Most people who are even…
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Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
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Professor of Global Legal Studies, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Senior Research Associate, University of South Africa
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Associate Professor in Strategic Studies, Macquarie University
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Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate professor, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Media, UNSW
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Digital Identity Researcher, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Professor of Global Media and Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London