by rgb | Mar 3, 2017 | Writing
In this opinion piece, Granick uses current events, specifically the wiretapping and subsequent resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn, to explain “incidental collection” and “minimization rules” affecting American...
by rgb | Feb 17, 2017 | Interview
By Seth Rosenblatt @ The Parallax “Spying is thriving” because little is understood about how pervasive it is. So writes Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School, in her new book, American Spies: Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care,...
by rgb | Jan 15, 2017 | Review
January 14, 2017 @ 11AM: FOG Design + Art at Fort Mason in San Francisco Panel discussion with artist Trevor Paglen discussing his work Sight Machine: Artificial Intelligence and Ethics At the FOG Design + Art fair on Saturday, January 14, 2017, Granick was on a panel...
by rgb | Jan 13, 2017 | Interview
American Spies: Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, and What To Do About It Q&A with Jennifer Stisa Granick by Stanford’s Sharon Driscoll
by rgb | Nov 27, 2016 | Review
The utopian Dream of Internet Freedom will never become a reality, but it doesn’t have to be a dystopian cautionary tale either. Technology has thrown the balance of power in surveillance out of alignment, and the law has either stagnated or been weakened in the face...
by rgb | Sep 29, 2016 | Writing
In our previous posts, we’ve argued that the NSA is collecting massive amounts of data about US citizens under conditions that have nothing to do with terrorism or national security, thanks to the authorities granted to the US government by section 702 of the Foreign...
by rgb | Sep 22, 2016 | Writing
Last week, we argued that the public discussion surrounding two of the government’s most controversial mass surveillance programs – PRISM and Upstream – has not sufficiently acknowledged the broad scope of collection under these programs, which take place under...
by rgb | Sep 15, 2016 | Writing
The legal authority behind the controversial PRISM and Upstream surveillance programs used by the NSA to collect large swaths of private communications from leading Internet companies – Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – is scheduled to...
by rgb | Mar 24, 2016 | Writing
Last week, at an event co-hosted by Just Security and NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, the NSA’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Director Rebecca Richards dropped the ball. When asked whether Americans should be comfortable with our current surveillance regime should...
by rgb | Feb 22, 2016 | Writing
Last week’s big cybersecurity news was that the FBI obtained a court order to force Apple to develop new software that would bypass several iPhone security features so the FBI can attempt to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple plans to...
