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Dr. Martin Shelton is the principal researcher at Freedom of the Press Foundation, conducting user research on harassment of journalists and digital security education in J-schools. He also leads security editorial and the U.S. J-school digital security curriculum.
As a UX researcher, he previously worked with Google Chrome and the Coral Project at The New York Times, where he learned from journalists and at-risk groups about their security concerns. In a former life, he was a disaffected academic and earned his Ph.D. at the University of California at Irvine.
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Google backtracks on ad privacy plan
Google has a habit of hitting the brakes on products and features β so much so that itβs become something of a meme to be βkilled by Google.β This time it decided to backtrack on its long-standing plan to replace traditional tracking in its Chrome browser.
What the AT&T breach means for source protection
We can learn a lot about how to get ahead of these problems.
Mail surveillance is widespread
According to data unearthed in a congressional probe, more than 60,000 requests by federal investigators and police captured data on 312,000 letters and packages between 2015 and 2023.