Items tagged ‘privacy-and-security’
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NSA Surveillance Costs and the Crypto Debate
Tech Companies Compete on Privacy Post-Snowden
While surveillance reform efforts in Congress are on pause until lawmakers return from the campaign trail in November, the costs of the NSA’s bulk ... -
From Surveillance to Swing States, Transparency to Turkish Digital Rights
What to Expect at the 2014 Internet Governance Forum
This week, OTI’s Policy Director Kevin Bankston and I are in Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the ninth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), along wi... -
Summer of Surveillance Revelations Highlights Spread of Spy Tech to Repressive Regimes
As the fallout from Edward Snowden’s revelations continue to dominate the news, another surveillance scandal has begun making headlines: powerful, ... -
OTI Urges FTC to Address Effects of Big Data Technologies on Underserved Communities
Last week, New America’s Open Technology Institute urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to confront the challenges of determining the effects o... -
Privacy Groups Submit Comments to the NTIA on Metadata Privacy Protections
Yesterday, OTI joined a coalition of public interest organizations, including Public Knowledge, Common Cause, and Free Press in submitting comments... -
Why Even the Definition of “Cyber Attack” Matters
Martin SigalowAlthough definitional debates can sometimes seem pedantic, debates over the term “cyber attack” are an important exception. How “cyber attack” is d... -
Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity
It has been over a year since The Guardian reported the first story on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs based on the leaks from... -
National Insecurity Agency: How the NSA Undermines Internet Security
On the heels of the latest NSA disclosures from The Washington Post, the Open Technology Institute hosted an event on Monday about how the agency’s... -
Info Sharing with NSA is a Non-Starter – and Only One of the New Cybersecurity Bill’s Many Problems
The last time the Senate considered cybersecurity information-sharing legislation was in July 2012, when it took up the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (... -
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014: A Major Step Back in Privacy
Last week, Senator Feinstein made public a draft cybersecurity information sharing bill titled the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (C... -
The Weakened USA FREEDOM Act
The new manager’s amendment version of the USA FREEDOM Act to be considered on the House floor is a substantially weakened reform bill compared to ... -
Technology Should: A People's Technology Project at the DC Funk Parade
With recent NSA mass surveillance revelations, the Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger deal, and the uncertain future of net neutrality, the Open ... -
OTI Convenes Researchers to Discuss Data and Discrimination
Building on its work on privacy, civil rights, and social justice, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute will host a research conv... -
OTI to White House Internet Surveillance is the Biggest Big Data Issue of All
Today, New America's Open Technology Institute submitted comments to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, the office that's b... -
Pervasive surveillance, individual freedoms, and collective justice
The problem of pervasive surveillance technologies drums up passionate defenses of individual freedom and civil liberties, but what about collectiv... -
Data Profiling and Social Justice -- Remarks prepared for Eyebeam's “PRISM Breakup”
Presentation by Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Senior Research Fellow at Open Technology Institute, at PRISM Breakup in New York City, Saturday, October 5...