The Triple Entente Beer Summit was a great success, with an audience that filled the Washington Firehouse loft and a cast that mashed up Lawfare, Rational Security, and the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast. We attribute the podcast’s freewheeling interchange to the engaged audience, our profound respect for each other, and, mostly, the beer.
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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Nuala O’Connor
In Episode 55 of the Cyberlaw Podcast, we revive This Week in NSA to explore the claim that GCHQ stole mass quantities of cell phone encryption keys. Meanwhile, Jason explains the complex political battles over Rule 41, Michael explains why so many companies have rallied to Twitter’s first amendment claim against the Justice…
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Orin Kerr
Our guest this week is noted computer law guru Orin Kerr, and the podcast is a deep dive into technology and law.
This Week in NSA: Snowden claims without substantiation that NSA employees are passing naked pix around. And Greenwald’s venture reports that GCHQ has developed the ability to send spam and to rig…
Iran Targets US Banks, While Privacy Groups Target NSA
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The wave of service disruptions to several major US financial institutions are widely attributed to Iran. These distributed denial of service attacks have grown so serious that US banks have asked the National Security Agency for help.
However, privacy advocates tell us who we should really be worried about: “’The dual mission of the…