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Drones and the “Internet of Things-Style Surveillance Network”
Nextgov reports that the State Department has put out a request for information for a wireless intrustion detection system that the story describes as an “Internet of Things-style surveillance network.” -
Bob Litt on "The Fourth Amendment in the Information Age"
Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel Robert Litt has published a new essay in The Yale Law Journal that will likely be of interest to Lawfare readers. Entitled "The Fourth Amen... -
The Apple Vulnerability Disclosure Question -- Looks Like I Will Win
A few weeks ago, as anyone who is not living under a rock will remember, the FBI withdrew its effort to force Apple to unlock an iPhone because, as it told the court, it gained access to the phone throug... -
The Encrypted Living Will
Security developers tussle between security and usability every day, but security and not weakness has to be the starting point. -
An Approach to James Comey's Technical Challenge
In 2014, at the very beginning of the “Going Dark debate,” FBI Director James Comey gave a challenge to the technical community. Is it possible to create a “front-door” that law enforcement can use to ac... -
Million Dollar Vulnerabilities and an FBI for the Twenty-First Century
On February 16, US Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, responding to an FBI request, ordered Apple to provide software to bypass the company's technical protections; this would unlock the work phone of Syed Faro... -
Encryption as Living Will: Think Before You Drink the Kool-Aid
A grieving father in Italy has written to Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, to beg him to unblock his dead son’s iPhone so he can retrieve the photographs stored on it. -
Delta Electroniks -- A Case Study
It often seems to me that the details of cyber conflict tradecraft are lost in a bit of obscurity. Most Lawfare readers probably haven't given a thought to how attribution is done. To that end, I offer... -
A Categorical Error: Rethinking 'Drones' as an Analytical Category for Security Policy
Editor’s Note: What is a drone? Some do surveillance, others hunt terrorists, and some models likely to enter air forces are more akin to sophisticated fighter aircraft. Dave Blair, badass warrior intell... -
Encryption Legislation: Critics Blinded by Outrage are Blinded to the Lessons
As readers are well aware, Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein released draft legislation on encryption, the “Compliance with Court Orders Act” (CCOA), the other day. Judging by the apocalyptic te... -
Live: House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on Encryption and Law Enforcement
Today at 10 am, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing entitled "Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives." The two-panel hearing will incl... -
What If Feinstein-Burr Passes?
I want to engage in a thought experiment or, if you prefer, a wargame exercise. I want to look at what will likely happen in the days, weeks and months after Feinstein-Burr passes.
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