The agency’s lawsuit against Kochava should squash the industry’s core defense—and help keep sensitive info off…
Author: Justin Sherman
Russia’s Cyber Threat to Ukraine Is Vast—and Underestimated
The Kremlin's web of nonstate hackers can wreak just as much havoc as Putin's government.
Big Data May Not Know Your Name. But It Knows Everything Else
Data brokers claim that deidentified data on millions of Americans is risk-free. Lawmakers need to know…
There Is No Bipartisan Consensus on Big Tech
The media's rose-colored rhetoric on cooperation across the aisle is overblown—and threatens the road to substantive…
In Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the State
When US tech companies opened offices there, it was supposed to mitigate oppression. Instead those workers…
Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel
These firms could track whether you've visited your therapist's office or your ex's house. And without…
Putin Is Crushing Biden’s Room to Negotiate on Ransomware
A new cybercrime treaty Russia presented to the UN signals once again that the regime won’t…
Weak US Privacy Law Hurts America’s Global Standing
Unrestrained data collection and selling doesn’t just harm citizens at home. It’s terrible foreign policy.
Real Diplomacy Is a Start, but the US Needs to Make Putin Pay
Biden's summit with Putin marked a quantum leap forward, but there's still little standing in the…
Dumbed Down AI Rhetoric Harms Everyone
By ignorance or malice, policymakers use sweeping platitudes to regulate artificial intelligence, which may persecute citizens…