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The Week in Internet News: San Francisco Bans Use of Facial Recognition by Police
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20 May 2019
The Week in Internet News: San Francisco Bans Use of Facial Recognition by Police
No cameras, please: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted to ban the use of facial recognition technologies...
The Week in Internet News: Broadband Project to Nowhere
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13 May 2019
The Week in Internet News: Broadband Project to Nowhere
Dead end: ProPublica has a story about Kentucky’s $1.5 billion broadband expansion program, which the story calls an information...
The Week in Internet News: Unencrypted USB Drives Pose Security Risk
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6 May 2019
The Week in Internet News: Unencrypted USB Drives Pose Security Risk
No encryption for U(SB): About 55 percent of U.K. businesses don’t encrypt information on USB drives, according to the...
The Week in Internet News: Microsoft Reduces Password Count
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29 April 2019
The Week in Internet News: Microsoft Reduces Password Count
What’s my password again? Microsoft has changed its baseline security configuration, which had suggested passwords be changed every 60...
The Week in Internet News: Arkansas Reverses Ban on Municipal Broadband
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22 April 2019
The Week in Internet News: Arkansas Reverses Ban on Municipal Broadband
Change in direction: A story at CityLab.com examines why the state of Arkansas has moved to rescind a 2011...
Online Trust Audit Finds Better Email Authentication and Encryption; Worse Privacy Statement Scores
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16 April 2019
Online Trust Audit Finds Better Email Authentication and Encryption; Worse Privacy Statement Scores
Do you know how – or even if – your favorite retailer, or your bank, or your ISP is...
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Policy Paper
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing technology, made possible by the Internet, that may soon have significant impacts...
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Infographic: Collaboration for a secure and resilient Internet
This infographic explains the idea that when it comes to Internet security and resilience, the traditional approach of just...
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Who Makes the Internet Work: The Internet Ecosystem
This paper offers a brief introduction to some of the Internet organizations and processes that shape naming and addressing,...