Amir Cahane
@amircahane.bsky.social
PhD student @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social | Surveillance Law, Privacy, Digital Rights and Technology
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This week I presented my paper "Putting OSINT in Context: How to Regulate Privacy in Public" in the Annual Israeli Conference of Intelligence Studies in
@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, organized by the Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies.
(photo:looking at Homeric curated online personae)
@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, organized by the Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies.
(photo:looking at Homeric curated online personae)
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This week I presented my paper "Putting OSINT in Context: How to Regulate Privacy in Public" in the Annual Israeli Conference of Intelligence Studies in
@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, organized by the Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies.
(photo:looking at Homeric curated online personae)
@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, organized by the Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies.
(photo:looking at Homeric curated online personae)
Thrilled to be presenting my paper "Putting OSINT in Context: How to Regulate Privacy in Public" in the Annual Israeli Conference of Intelligence Studies, organized by
the Israeli Forum of Intelligence Studies, this Wednesday at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
להרשמה:
🔗https://ifis.co.il
the Israeli Forum of Intelligence Studies, this Wednesday at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
להרשמה:
🔗https://ifis.co.il
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Thrilled to be presenting my paper "Putting OSINT in Context: How to Regulate Privacy in Public" in the Annual Israeli Conference of Intelligence Studies, organized by
the Israeli Forum of Intelligence Studies, this Wednesday at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
להרשמה:
🔗https://ifis.co.il
the Israeli Forum of Intelligence Studies, this Wednesday at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
להרשמה:
🔗https://ifis.co.il
New day, new way to underscore FRT privacy harms
We found websites that use facial recognition to let partners, stalkers, or anyone else uncover specific peoples’ Tinder profiles, reveal their approximate physical location at points in time, and track changes to their profile including their photos.
🔗 www.404media.co/viral-cheate...
🔗 www.404media.co/viral-cheate...
Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Sites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anyone Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles
Videos demoing one of the sites have repeatedly gone viral on TikTok and other platforms recently. 404 Media verified they can locate specific peoples' Tinder profiles using their photo, and found tha...
www.404media.co
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New day, new way to underscore FRT privacy harms
Coming up on October 29th is the Annual Israeli Conference on Intelligence Studies.
Featuring fascinating research panels on Intelligence&AI, Intelligence after OCT7, and other topics, as well as talks by senior figures from academia, government and intelligence.
🔗to register: www.ifis.co.il
Featuring fascinating research panels on Intelligence&AI, Intelligence after OCT7, and other topics, as well as talks by senior figures from academia, government and intelligence.
🔗to register: www.ifis.co.il
The Annual Israeli Conference for Intelligence Studies - 2025
The Annual Israeli Conference for Intelligence Studies 2025 - Intelligence Transforamtions - October 28-29, 2025
www.ifis.co.il
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Coming up on October 29th is the Annual Israeli Conference on Intelligence Studies.
Featuring fascinating research panels on Intelligence&AI, Intelligence after OCT7, and other topics, as well as talks by senior figures from academia, government and intelligence.
🔗to register: www.ifis.co.il
Featuring fascinating research panels on Intelligence&AI, Intelligence after OCT7, and other topics, as well as talks by senior figures from academia, government and intelligence.
🔗to register: www.ifis.co.il
לפני כשבוע פורסם תזכיר חוק להארכת האיסור על צריכת פרסומי טרור.
🚨בפוסט חדש בבלוג של איקון אני טוען שלחוק יש אפקט מצנן על צריכת תכנים חוקיים, ושהתיקים הספורים במסגרתם הוא מופעל לא מצדיקים את הפגיעה בחופש המחשבה, הרחבה בהרבה מגדרי האיסור הפלילי המצומצם שבלשונו.https://tinyurl.com/isatrr25
🚨בפוסט חדש בבלוג של איקון אני טוען שלחוק יש אפקט מצנן על צריכת תכנים חוקיים, ושהתיקים הספורים במסגרתם הוא מופעל לא מצדיקים את הפגיעה בחופש המחשבה, הרחבה בהרבה מגדרי האיסור הפלילי המצומצם שבלשונו.https://tinyurl.com/isatrr25
משטרת מחשבות לשנתיים נוספות? / עמיר כהנא
בשקט בשקט, בחצות שלפני ערב חג, כאילו ביקש שלא למשוך תשומת לב לכך, פרסם משרד המשפטים את תזכיר חוק המאבק בטרור להארכת תוקפה של העבירה האוסרת על צריכת פרסומי טרור.[1] העבירה נוספה לחוק כשבוע לאח…
tinyurl.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
לפני כשבוע פורסם תזכיר חוק להארכת האיסור על צריכת פרסומי טרור.
🚨בפוסט חדש בבלוג של איקון אני טוען שלחוק יש אפקט מצנן על צריכת תכנים חוקיים, ושהתיקים הספורים במסגרתם הוא מופעל לא מצדיקים את הפגיעה בחופש המחשבה, הרחבה בהרבה מגדרי האיסור הפלילי המצומצם שבלשונו.https://tinyurl.com/isatrr25
🚨בפוסט חדש בבלוג של איקון אני טוען שלחוק יש אפקט מצנן על צריכת תכנים חוקיים, ושהתיקים הספורים במסגרתם הוא מופעל לא מצדיקים את הפגיעה בחופש המחשבה, הרחבה בהרבה מגדרי האיסור הפלילי המצומצם שבלשונו.https://tinyurl.com/isatrr25
Both an interesting and frustrating read.
An appeals court in California issued a blistering decision and record $10,000 fine against a lawyer who submitted a brief in which “nearly all of the legal quotations in plaintiff’s opening brief “are fabricated” through use of AI.
🔗 www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
🔗 www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Both an interesting and frustrating read.
🚨1/ New Commentary in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social: "Surveil and control? Monitoring of web activity in Israel."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Authorities in Israel had Legal powers to monitor both ‘active’ social media posting and 'passive' internet use history prior to October 7th 2023.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Authorities in Israel had Legal powers to monitor both ‘active’ social media posting and 'passive' internet use history prior to October 7th 2023.
Surveil and control? Monitoring of web activity in Israel
journals.sagepub.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨1/ New Commentary in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social: "Surveil and control? Monitoring of web activity in Israel."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Authorities in Israel had Legal powers to monitor both ‘active’ social media posting and 'passive' internet use history prior to October 7th 2023.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Authorities in Israel had Legal powers to monitor both ‘active’ social media posting and 'passive' internet use history prior to October 7th 2023.
מאמרי "חקיקה אלגוריתמית ולקחי המודל הלוגריתמי: על מס דירה שלישית וחקיקה מבוססת נתונים" פורסם בכתב העת 'משפט חברה ותרבות'.
הגרסה הסופית זמינה כאן:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
הגרסה הסופית זמינה כאן:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
May 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
מאמרי "חקיקה אלגוריתמית ולקחי המודל הלוגריתמי: על מס דירה שלישית וחקיקה מבוססת נתונים" פורסם בכתב העת 'משפט חברה ותרבות'.
הגרסה הסופית זמינה כאן:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
הגרסה הסופית זמינה כאן:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Wrapping up the PrivaCI 7th Symposium, where I had the privilege to present my paper 'Putting OSINT in context: how to regulate privacy in public.'
It has been a fascinating, intense two days which showcased the variety of practical and theoretical applications of contextual integrity.
It has been a fascinating, intense two days which showcased the variety of practical and theoretical applications of contextual integrity.
May 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wrapping up the PrivaCI 7th Symposium, where I had the privilege to present my paper 'Putting OSINT in context: how to regulate privacy in public.'
It has been a fascinating, intense two days which showcased the variety of practical and theoretical applications of contextual integrity.
It has been a fascinating, intense two days which showcased the variety of practical and theoretical applications of contextual integrity.
Next week I will be presenting my paper ‘Putting OSINT in context: how to regulate privacy in public’ in the 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium in Brussels, organized by imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Brussels Privacy Hub.
7th Annual PrivaCI Symposium, Brussels 19-20/05 2025
Call for Papers: 14/02
Join us for discussions on Contextual Integrity in privacy & data protection. Held alongside CPDP.ai 2025, this symposium connects top experts shaping future standards
Submit shorturl.at/00OGy
Register shorturl.at/wdgNV
Call for Papers: 14/02
Join us for discussions on Contextual Integrity in privacy & data protection. Held alongside CPDP.ai 2025, this symposium connects top experts shaping future standards
Submit shorturl.at/00OGy
Register shorturl.at/wdgNV
May 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Next week I will be presenting my paper ‘Putting OSINT in context: how to regulate privacy in public’ in the 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium in Brussels, organized by imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Brussels Privacy Hub.
makes you wonder if @signal.org was served by the Home Office with a TCN, or maybe it is just satisfied by the ghost user protocol proof of concept.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
makes you wonder if @signal.org was served by the Home Office with a TCN, or maybe it is just satisfied by the ghost user protocol proof of concept.