Director of the open technology institute at new america
Education
Degree:
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctorates
School / High School:
University of Southern California
1998 to 2001
Skills
Legal Research • Privacy Law • Public Policy • Legal Writing • Litigation • Copyright Law • Policy Analysis • Policy • Intellectual Property • Public Speaking • Research • International Law • Civil Litigation • Constitutional Law • Commercial Litigation • Nonprofit Organizations
New America Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
Director of the Open Technology Institute at New America
Facebook Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
Privacy Policy Director and Ai Policy Head
New America Nov 2013 - Jun 2015
Policy Director of the Open Technology Institute
Center For Democracy & Technology Feb 2012 - Nov 2013
Senior Counsel and Free Expression Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation Jan 2008 - Jan 2012
Senior Staff Attorney
Education:
University of Southern California 1998 - 2001
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctorates
Baton Rouge High School
The University of Texas at Austin
Skills:
Legal Research Privacy Law Public Policy Legal Writing Litigation Copyright Law Policy Analysis Policy Intellectual Property Public Speaking Research International Law Civil Litigation Constitutional Law Commercial Litigation Nonprofit Organizations
Comey stopped short of proposing a specific plan, but any program to grant the government access to the millions of devices owned by American citizens remains troubling to privacy advocates such as Kevin Bankston, director of New America's Open Technology Institute.
The key lesson is that there is no such thing as a vulnerability only we can use. Either other nations will discover it or bad guys are going to steal it from us, said Kevin Bankston, Director of the New America Foundations Open Technology Institute.
Date: Aug 18, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Comey defends FBI's purchase of iPhone hacking tool
One NSA official said he was not aware that not submitting was an option, according to Kevin Bankston, director of the New Americas Open Technology Institute and one of about a dozen civil-society leaders present. Under the meetings ground rules, participants were allowed to relay comments but n
Date: May 11, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Apple encryption fight with FBI could go to the Supreme Court
Apple will appeal immediately to a district judge if it loses a second time before Pym, Kevin Bankston, director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, said by email. "Their need to comply [with the order] would almost certainly be stayed pending that appeal, and likely stayed pe
Date: Feb 17, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Widow sues Twitter over husband's death by ISIS militants. Will it work?
epublicans and Democrats alike have turned their attention to Silicon Valley. Pressure on the White House has increased "1,000-fold" since the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, Kevin Bankston, director of New America's Open Technology Institute, told The Christian Science Monitor's Sara Sorcher.
Date: Jan 15, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
White House meets with privacy advocates about encryption
Those who did attend said the meeting was positive. The government representatives mostly listened, but "made it clear they'd like to move beyond this debate," said Kevin Bankston, the director of New America's Open Technology Institute.
Date: Dec 10, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Tech giants urge Obama to reject backdoors to data encryption
Privacy activist Kevin Bankston organized the letter to maintain pressure on the White House. Since last fall, the president has been letting his top law enforcement officials criticize companies for making their devices more secure and letting them suggest that Congress should pass pro-backdoor le
Date: May 19, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Google, Apple among tech giants urging US to support encryption
to respond. In an interview with the Washington Post, privacy expert Kevin Bankston, who drafted the letter, said his goal is to put the issue back in front of President Obama, who he says, "has been letting his top law enforcement officials criticize companies for making their devices more secure.