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With the rise of Internet-connected wearables such as the Fitbit and Apple Watch, fakes are proliferating, too. They are cheap but can also carry malicious software designed to steal personal information and infect other machines. 

The Office of Personnel Management breach returns the spotlight to the insecurity of federal networks, which can be strengthened if Washington starts acting a bit more like Silicon Valley.

As President Obama has rightly suggested, Congress should pass a strong data breach notification law to better safeguard consumers' information exposed by hackers.

In an era where citizen science projects such as StarDust@Home are becoming more common and more effective, cybersecurity researchers can leverage this movement to get better insight into the threat landscape.

USA Freedom is an important first step in reforming government surveillance powers put in place after 9/11, but it does not curtail some of the National Security Agency's most controversial activities.

Cultural anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll explains how casinos use surveillance technology and algorithms to monitor and manipulate players and convince them to wager more.

While it has been hailed as a surveillance reform bill, the USA Freedom Act would immediately ramp back up the collection of billions and billions of records about our everyday actions.

Claims about a researcher infiltrating a plane's control systems have put a spotlight on aviation security. It's time for the industry to be more open about potential risks and let hackers test the strength of their networks. 

We’ve embraced data analytics. We build and deploy a cascade of security tools. Why isn’t the security industry winning? It’s time for security strategists to sift, read, and respond to threat data differently.  

Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander and law professor Geoffrey Stone say it's time for Congress to put politics aside and act quickly to reform surveillance laws in order to protect American privacy and maintain an intelligence edge.

As Congress battles over surveillance reform, it's important to remember that the Patriot Act's controversial Section 215, which justified National Security Agency collection of phone records, is also an essential investigative tool for the US intelligence community.

With its updated cybersecurity strategy, the Department of Defense redoubles a campaign against Web anonymity. But without anonymity, the expression and political activity that it protects may vanish, too. 

It's like teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street. Reading privacy policies for apps is about learning basic safety tips in the Internet Age and gives parents an opportunity to teach kids about responsibility and self awareness on the Web.

Privacy researcher Elana Zeide says schools need more transparency about how student data is used by educational publishers and software companies.

While the Pentagon's new cybersecurity strategy puts more weight on striking back against criminal or nation-state hackers, a more effective way to deter attacks may be through diplomacy, law enforcement, and sanctions.

The draft law gives Egyptian authorities more power to control the Internet under the pretext of national security, leading the way to censorship of online news, cultural and political sites, and controversial views on the Web.

The new Crystal app creates profiles 'for every person with an online presence' so its users can craft the ideal e-mail for every recipient. That's not only troubling for privacy, but also threatens to strip individuality out of our digital dialogue.

A new report from the security firm Norse that claims growing Iranian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure relies on questionable data. It's the latest in a string of cybersecurity vendor reports that grab headlines but erode trust in the industry.  

Advanced techniques for quickly tracking and analyzing the behavior and tactics of criminal hackers gives companies the tools to defend against emerging cyberthreats.

Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill says that obscurity means that personal information isn’t readily available to just anyone. In our age of aggressive data collection, she says safeguarding obscurity should be a key component of consumer protections.