Jen Easterly on Why TikTok, AI Worry Her
CISA Chief: Like Nukes Last Century, AI is Most Powerful Technology This Century
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly finds AI and China’s data collection through TikTok concerning.
HIPAA Doesn’t Cover Everything
What Journalists Need to Know about Healthcare Privacy
Your WebMD searches, Apple Watch metrics, Noom app, cancer support group on Facebook – none of these are covered by HIPAA. How journalists can help protect and educate consumers.
Abortion Data Privacy in Post-Roe America
Beyond Period Trackers: What Journalists Need to Know After Dobbs
Dr. Jamila Perritt of Physicians for Reproductive Health, Rachana Pradhan of Kaiser Health News and Jordan Wrigley of Future of Privacy Forum explain how data poses risks for those seeking abortion.
Medical Devices Get Cybersecurity Upgrade
Protecting Medical Devices That Transmit Patient Data from Hacking, Ransomware
Everything is hackable, and U.S. regulation of healthcare security devices is lagging, experts say.
Data Privacy Act Has Bipartisan Support. But …
American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) Didn't Pass But Got Further Than Ever
Why is the U.S. one of the only developed countries without a comprehensive data privacy law?
What is the Internet of Bodies?
Beyond Smartwatches and Pacemakers, New Devices Collect Biometric Data with Patchy Regulation
Wearable, ingestible and implantable devices might know if you drank too much last night, didn’t take your meds or aren’t paying attention. Who’s regulating them?
Tech Reporters’ Tips for Covering Meta, Google, FTC
One Reporter’s Advice: Offer the First Interview Off the Record
Big Tech employees can get you insider information, but beware of “employee compliance” monitoring.
Discrimination Driven by Data
Black, LGBT, Disabled People Face AI and Algorithmic Bias, Privacy Advocates Say
You can either benefit from technology or you can protect your privacy. You can’t do both, says an expert from the Center for Democracy & Technology.
Election Security Issues to Watch in 2022, 2024
What Keeps The Experts Up At Night?
Experts on misinformation, online harassment and election security share their concerns and hopes for election audits and public trust.
Can You Define Digital Trade? Fintech?
How Data Protection, E-Commerce and Fintech Are (And Aren’t) Changing How Journalists Cover Trade
Digital economy agreements have been happening for more than two decades, yet there’s still no single accepted definition of "digital trade."
Abortion Coverage After Roe: Personal Stories, Personal Data
Journalists Covering Abortion Issues Face Urgent New Realities
Post Roe v. Wade, journalists must think critically while reporting on abortion access, marginalized communities and user data privacy.
Connection as an Antidote to Disinformation
Journalists’ understanding of audience, influencers will help spread truth
Bad actors use censorship, ransomware, disinformation and evolving technology and social media norms. But journalists, too, have opportunities.
Ransomware and Retaliation
Pay Up, or Strike Back? Covering the Fallout from Cyberattacks
Should companies hit with ransomware be allowed to hack their attackers back? Can their customers win negligence suits?
Russian Disinformation 2021
How to investigate — and understand — disinformation by foreign adversaries.
Moscow continues to use bots, super-connectors and fake news stories to inflame and divide Americans. Their goal: Preventing consensus.
Cybersecurity Villains and Superheroes
No Easy Fix to Ransomware, Microsoft Expert Says. It Will Take a Village.
Cyberattacks and norms have changed. Journalists should profile defenders and solutions that work, not just cyber villains.
Making Technology Work for Your Reporting
Combining Technology and Reporting for Impactful Journalism
Gizmodo reporter and technologist paired up to create an award-winning package on internet-connected devices and privacy.
Finding and Protecting Inside Sources
People in Washington Talk – As Long as You Keep Their Names Out of It
From Signal to WhatsApp, there are several tools reporters can use to keep conversations with sources secure.
Protecting Journalists in a World of Hackers
Why I Write…
Stranger Danger in a Pop-Up Window
Cyber SPF
Heather Dahl co-founded The Cynja LLC, a multi-platform media company focused on introducing children to the world of technology and cybersecurity. In addition, she co-authored The Cynja Volume 1 and her second book will be released this fall. The Cynja is a Founding Partner of the Respect Network.
Wrong Turn?
Resolve to Change
Are You Inviting Digital Chaos In?
Don’t Unwittingly Star in Your Own Reality TV
ONLY Click on Links You Can Verify
Can’t Touch This!
Time to Go Nuclear?
Heather Dahl co-founded The Cynja LLC, a multi-platform media company focused on introducing children to the world of technology and cybersecurity. In addition, she co-authored The Cynja Volume 1 and her second book will be released this fall. The Cynja is a Founding Partner of the Respect Network.
Your Cyber Power – Encryption
Passwords Matter, Really
Vulnerable to a Cyberattack?
Protect Your Kids From Cyberhacking
Crooks and evil-doers lurk in cyberspace. Are your kids safe?
The Invisible Internet