Privacy

The U.S. Capitol building exterior is seen at sunset as members of the Senate participate in the first day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Bridging the gaps: A path forward to federal privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry, John B. Morris, Jr., Caitlin Chin, and Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Posters are seen during the media preview for exhibition of wartime propaganda artistry 'Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York' at the Museum of the City of New York in New York, U.S., April 4, 2017. Picture taken April 4. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Monday, June 1, 2020

Illustration picture shows a smartphone with Covid-19 app in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on April 19, 2020. The World Health Organisation says tracking infected people, and tracing and alerting their contacts, are vital if the disease is to be kept under control after lockdown. The government says it has received 750 applications from companies to co-operate on a 'corona app' and will draw up a shortlist over the weekend with the aim of producing a draft proposal on April 21. The app is expected to use Bluetooth technology on mobile phones to see who has been in contact with an infected person. Privacy campaigners are concerned that if the app is rolled out too quickly it will not be secure or sufficiently anonymous and have questioned its effectiveness. The governments target is for 60% of people to use the app, but in Singapore, where a voluntary app was introduced, take-up is around 20%. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Netherlands. No Use Germany.

Contact-tracing apps are political

Thursday, May 14, 2020

To combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, covid-19, the Trackvirus application has been developed in Israel to consult in real time the routes taken by infected people. Monday April 27, 2020.Pour lutter contre la propagation de la pandemie du coronavirus, covid-19, l application Trackvirus a ete develope en israel pour consulter en temps reel les itineraires emprunte par les personnes infectees. Lundi 27 Avril 2020.NO USE FRANCE

A practical guide for COVID-19 app-makers

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

An encryption message is seen on the WhatsApp application on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

The EARN IT Act is a disaster amid the COVID-19 crisis

Riana Pfefferkorn

Monday, May 4, 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - In the photos taken on February 20, 2020, medical workers sterilize all public places in downtown Seoul on February 20, 2020. After South Korea reported the first death of a patient with COVID -19 on Thursday (20) and confirmed 53 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total of infected to 104 in the country, the authorities take more preventive measures against coronavirus.

How surveillance technology powered South Korea’s COVID-19 response

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The Private Kit mobile app, which aims to help authorities with contact tracing efforts to curb the spread of a novel coronavirus, seen on a phone in this picture illustration taken April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/Illustration

Contact-tracing apps are not a solution to the COVID-19 crisis

Ashkan Soltani, Ryan Calo, and Carl Bergstrom

Monday, April 27, 2020

COVID-19 and the future of ‘techlash’

Monday, April 27, 2020

Illustration picture shows a smartphone with Covid-19 app in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on April 19, 2020. The World Health Organisation says tracking infected people, and tracing and alerting their contacts, are vital if the disease is to be kept under control after lockdown. The government says it has received 750 applications from companies to co-operate on a 'corona app' and will draw up a shortlist over the weekend with the aim of producing a draft proposal on April 21. The app is expected to use Bluetooth technology on mobile phones to see who has been in contact with an infected person. Privacy campaigners are concerned that if the app is rolled out too quickly it will not be secure or sufficiently anonymous and have questioned its effectiveness. The governments target is for 60% of people to use the app, but in Singapore, where a voluntary app was introduced, take-up is around 20%. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Netherlands. No Use Germany.

Managing health privacy and bias in COVID-19 public surveillance

Nicol Turner Lee and Jordan Roberts

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

New Taipei city government conducts a drill against community acquired infection of the new coronavirus CIVID-19 in New Taipei city, Taiwan on March 14, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, showing the evidence 150,000 people infected with the coronavirus illness in over 130 countries and territories around the world on March 14. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

After COVID-19, Taiwan will have to navigate a world that will never be the same

Monday, April 20, 2020