Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #55: An 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
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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
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companies have rallied to Twitter’s first amendment claim against the Justice Department, and both of them explain how Yahoo! managed to beat the government’s indefinite gag order – and why Yahoo! might even be right. After which we melt down into the bottomless hot mess of liability and litigation that surrounds the Lenovo/Superfish/Komodia/Lavasoft flap.
Our interview is with the charming and feisty CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, Nuala O’Connor. Nuala and I square off over end-to-end encryption, privacy, and section 215, while managing to find common ground on TLS and even child-rearing.
As always, send your questions and suggestions for interview candidates to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
Nuala O’Connor, Stewart Baker, and Jason Weinstein[/caption]
companies have rallied to Twitter’s first amendment claim against the Justice Department, and both of them explain how Yahoo! managed to beat the government’s indefinite gag order – and why Yahoo! might even be right. After which we melt down into the bottomless hot mess of liability and litigation that surrounds the Lenovo/Superfish/Komodia/Lavasoft flap.
Our interview is with the charming and feisty CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, Nuala O’Connor. Nuala and I square off over end-to-end encryption, privacy, and section 215, while managing to find common ground on TLS and even child-rearing.
As always, send your questions and suggestions for interview candidates to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com or leave a message at +1 202 862 5785.
Stewart A. Baker has a law and consulting practice in Washington. His government service include three and a half years at the Department of Homeland Security as its first Assistant Secretary for Policy as well as a tours of duty as General Counsel of the National Security Agency and as General Counsel of the commission that investigated US intelligence failures in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.
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