If you’ve lost the Germans on privacy, you’ve lost Europe, and maybe the world. That’s the lesson that emerges from my conversation with David Kris and Paul Rosenzweig about the latest declaration that the German interior minister wants to force messaging apps to decrypt chats. This comes at the same time that industry and… Continue Reading
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Episode 250: We give you Weaver
Posted in China, European Union, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesIf you get SMS messages on your phone and think you have two-factor authentication, you’re kidding yourself. That’s the message Nick Weaver and David Kris extract from two stories we cover in this week’s episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast – DOJ’s indictment of a couple of kids whose hacker chops are modest but whose… Continue Reading
Episode 245: “Pay no attention to the guns, the flashbang, and the handcuffs. You’re free to go at any time.”
Posted in AI, China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, InternationalNate Jones, David Kris, and I kick off 2019 with a roundup of the month of news since we took our Christmas break. First, we break down the utterly predictable but undismissable Silicon Valley claim that the administration’s new export control strategy will hurt the emerging AI industry.
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with David Hoffman
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesWe’re back! After a much needed hiatus, during which we shared wilderness paths with bison, woke up to wolf cries, and celebrated the value of ibuprofen, the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast is back on the net. The hiatus allows us to cover this month in NSA, which is a good thing, because the Snowden News Machine… Continue Reading