Facebook's Ex-Security Chief Details His 'Observatory' for Internet Abuse

Alex Stamos' Stanford-based challenge will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics get entry to to massive troves of client data.
Alex Stamos' Stanford-based project will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics access to massive troves of user data.Original article
Author: Wired

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