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Caitlin Fairchild
Web Producer

Caitlin Fairchild joined Government Executive in summer 2011 as an editorial fellow, after graduating from the College of William & Mary, where she spent four years writing for the student newspaper, The Flat Hat. In March 2012, she was hired full time as a web producer. She has completed internships at Washingtonian Magazine and at the public affairs office of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.
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FTC's Facebook Audit Didn't Catch Cambridge Analytica Leaks
The audit missed a lot of key information.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
Facebook Attempts to Limit Reach of EU Privacy Law
About 1.5 billion Facebook users around the world could see some changes to their terms of service.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity
Google Safe Browsing Now Helps To Protect Android Users
Apps need protection, too.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
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Thousands of Apps Improperly Tracking Kids, Study Finds
Some of the apps likely violate U.S. law.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity
Can Quantum Physics Help Keep Your Credit Card Safe?
NIST has developed a new security method using lasers and crystals.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
Bots Share the Majority of Links on Twitter
Do you really know who you're retweeting?
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
Google Is Banning Cryptomining Extensions from Chrome Store
You'll have to figure out a different way to mine for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Used by Cambridge Analytica
More than 70 million Americans were affected.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
FDA Wants Tech Companies To Help Shut Down Opioid Sales
The agency believes that tech companies aren't doing enough to combat online drug sales.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
Check Out The Crazy New Tech NASA Is Investing In
Robots that fly, swarm and support life could help us explore the cosmos.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity
How to Practice Cybersecurity With The Whole Family
Kids are often more concerned with Minecraft than malware.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity
Privacy Tool Makes It Harder For ISPs To Track You
It speeds up your internet as well.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
VISA Applications May Require Five Years of Social Media Information
In the near future, Visa applications filed through the State Department may require a lot of personal info.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
The Government Wants to Know What Scares People About The Internet of Things
It's a scary Internet-connected world out there.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
Facebook Expands Bug Bounty Program for Data Mining Apps
This announcement comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
Firefox Extension Can Prevent Facebook From Tracking You Around The Web
It isolates your web activity from the social media giant.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Data
FTC Will Investigate Facebook's Data Privacy Scandal
The government agency is stepping in.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
Amazon Developing Drone That Understands Hands Signals & Human Voice
Drones might one day be able to "see" us waving.
- By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech
Google Chrome Will Soon Stop Videos from Autoplaying
Making your web-browsing experience a little less annoying, one step at a time.
- By Caitlin Fairchild