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We’re Suing the Government to Learn Its Rules for When It Hacks Into People’s Devices

14th January 2019

Federal law enforcement is deploying powerful computer hacking tools to conduct domestic criminal and immigration investigations. By Alex Betschen, Student Attorney, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, University at Buffalo School of Law Hacking by the government raises grave privacy concerns, creating surveillance possibilities that were previously the stuff of science fiction. It also poses a security risk, because hacking takes advantage of unpatched vulnerabilities in our devices…

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PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL, ACLU DEMAND GOVERNMENT DISCLOSE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HACKING ACTIVITIES

14th January 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2018 CONTACTS: Alex Betschen, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, alexbets@buffalo.edu, 716–531–6649 Colton Kells, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, coltonke@buffalo.edu, 585–766–5119 Abdullah Hasan, ACLU, ahasan@aclu.org, 646–905–8879 NEW YORK — Privacy International, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic of the University at Buffalo School of Law filed a lawsuit today demanding federal law…