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Helen Nissenbaum
Cornell University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Media and Content

Dale Hatfield
University of Colorado
Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Broadband

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Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity Report

Discussing contextual integrity as a framework to design, evaluate, and craft regulation for privacy was the focus of last month’s symposium hosted by Princeton’s Center for Information Technology and Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative. Read the summary of the report.

TAP Guest Blogger

October 22, 2018

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Wireless and Mobile Communications

Wireless or “mobile” devices send information one-to-one (like mobile phones), one-to-many (like AM or FM radio), or many-to-many (like Wi-Fi Internet access). Wireless devices send and receive signals along the electromagnetic spectrum in the form of waves similar to visible light or sound.

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The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers Want Intelligence Chiefs to Help Counter Threat from Doctored Videos

"Having the director of national intelligence reporting to Congress, having the threat bandied about very publicly, could get platforms to work more on these problems. This is the kind of feedback loop we need." — Danielle Citron, Professor of Law, University of Maryland

Danielle Citron
The Washington Post
September 14, 2018

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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Digital technologies such as robots and self-driving cars are advancing rapidly. These new technologies will bring profound benefits. However, companies will have less need for some kinds of workers, resulting in unemployment.

By: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee

January 20, 2014

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