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Researchers file for access to court orders that force companies to break their own encryption
The Daily Dot
"The researchers are members of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and part of the organization's Crypto Policy Project, a group established in 2015 to investigate the government policies "forcing decryption and/or influencing crypto-related design of online platforms and services, devices, and products, both via technical means and through the courts." Read more about Researchers file for access to court orders that force companies to break their own encryption
Apple vulnerability is surprising, but journalists should stick with iPhones
""Building secure software is a highly challenging task, even for a world-class team such as Apple's," Riana Pfefferkorn, Cryptography Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told CPJ via Twitter. Government attempts to undermine security for law enforcement purposes only make the problem worse., she said. Read more about Apple vulnerability is surprising, but journalists should stick with iPhones
Government data requests have little legal backing say experts
"The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties, and Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow, said at Black Hat 2016 that companies are often under no legal obligation to comply with law enforcement data requests, because data requests are not orders and even court orders are not the law. Read more about Government data requests have little legal backing say experts
At Black Hat, a Reminder That Decryption Can't Be Legally Mandated
""If you're ever asked to do something like this, you have a lot of strong legal arguments to say no," said Jennifer Granick, the Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society in a Black Hat talk on Thursday. Granick and her Stanford colleague Riana Pfefferkorn, a Cryptography Fellow, ran down relevant laws and what's currently known about their parameters and limits. They suggested that companies should plan ahead and assume that law enforcement agencies will eventually send them some kind of technical request—if they haven't already. Read more about At Black Hat, a Reminder That Decryption Can't Be Legally Mandated
#BHUSA Build Backdoors and Government Will Use Them
"In a session at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Stanford Center for Internet and Society director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick and Cryptography Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn, acknowledged that there is more information about us than ever before, with sensors both on and offline. All encryption is doing, they said, is removing a fraction of law enforcement. Read more about #BHUSA Build Backdoors and Government Will Use Them
When Law Enforcement Comes Knocking, Companies Can Start Fighting
Hot for Security
"Touching on cases like the Snowden or the Lavabit incidents, the duo strongly emphasized that companies should start asking themselves a couple of questions before law enforcement actually comes knocking at their door. Knowing what they collect, how they store it, for how long, why, what can it access, does it encrypt data and where are keys stored – are only a few of them. Read more about When Law Enforcement Comes Knocking, Companies Can Start Fighting
Reporter's Detention Fuels Debate Over Cellphone Searches
"Geoffrey King, technology program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said such policies could jeopardize the safety and careers of reporters and their sources, and set a bad example for more repressive states to use the policy as a cover to crack down on press freedoms.
"The practice of suspicionless searches of electronics is something that has serious implications for press freedom not only in the U.S. but around the world," said Mr. King." Read more about Reporter's Detention Fuels Debate Over Cellphone Searches