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Dennis Fisher

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Dennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.

He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.

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Biometric Privacy on the Line in Illinois Case

A case before the Illinois Supreme Court is looking like a key test of how companies are allowed to collect and use consumers' biometric information.

Privacy

Facebook Says It’s Ending Most Integration Partnerships

Facebook said in a long response to lawmakers that it had so-called integration partnerships with 52 companies, but it has ended most of them already.

Privacy, Facebook

California Privacy Law Is the New Standard

The new privacy bill in California allows consumers to control what data companies collect from them and how that information is used.

Privacy

Tough California Data Privacy Bill Set for Vote

A new data privacy act would allow consumers to stop companies from selling their personal data.

Privacy

Twitter Adds Support for Yubikeys

Twitter now supports the use of hardware security keys for two-factor authentication, a much stronger option for users.

2fa, Twitter