The new Observing Democracy initiative will aggregate smartphone location data so that researchers can understand the impact of long lines and limited polling places on Election Day.
San Franciscans line up to receive in-person voting materials at the city's Civic Center polling station on Election Day. Among the proposed laws facing Californians is Prop. 24, which would increase privacy protections in many cases but loosen them in others. Photo by Seth Rosenblatt/The Parallax
As ten of millions of Americans already have cast their votes, voting-machine cybersecurity and disinformation questions haunt 2020 election campaigns up and down the ballot.
Marketing officers may have accepted ad fraud as a cost of doing business, but infosec pros take heed—fraud can be a step to more significant attacks. Here's what to know and how to take action.
Contact tracing privacy leaves a lot to be desired, and may be the reason only 41 percent of potential contact-tracing app users are willing to try them.
