Today, I interview Frank Blake, who as CEO brought Home Depot through a massive data breach. Frank’s a former co-clerk of mine, a former Deputy Secretary of Energy, and the current host of Crazy Good Turns, a podcast about people who have found remarkable, even crazy, ways to help others. In addition to his… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Section 230
Episode 258: The death of Section 230
Posted in CFIUS, China, International, RussiaOur News Roundup leads with the long, slow death of Section 230 immunity. Nick Weaver explains why he thinks social media’s pursuit of engagement has led to a poisonous online environment, and Matthew Heiman replays the astonishing international consensus that Silicon Valley deserves the blame – and the regulation – for all that ails… Continue Reading
Episode 241: “You’ll never know how evil a technology can be until the engineers deploying it fear for their jobs”
Posted in International, Security Programs & PoliciesI propose this episode’s title as Baker’s Law of Evil Technology, something that explains Twitter’s dysfunctional woke-ness, Yahoo’s crappy security, and Uber’s deadly autonomous vehicles. Companies with lots of revenue can afford to offer a lot of stuff they don’t much care about, including protection of minority voices, security, and, um, not killing people…. Continue Reading
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Paul Rosenzweig
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 60 of the Cyberlaw Podcast features Paul Rosenzweig, founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC and Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Most importantly he was a superb Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security when I was Assistant Secretary. Paul discourses on the latest developments in ICANN, almost persuading me… Continue Reading