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The Lawfare Podcast: Daniel Weitzner and Benjamin Wittes on Going Dark and the Fallout from Apple v. FBI
Apple and the FBI may have settled the litigation over the San Bernadino iPhone, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. With Congress on the verge of considering new legislation to compel technology co... -
An EU PNR System -- Oh, the Irony ...
For more than a decade the US and the European Union have been arguing about a Passanger Name Record system. PNR is the data and information collected by airlines when they sell you a ticket. It includ... -
A Quick Answer to a Quick Question: MDM
Bobby Chesney, Susan Hennessey, and Benjamin Wittes just posed a "Quick question" to Apple's HR, that is, does Apple have a backdoor into their employee's work devices? In phrasing this question, it is ... -
Quick Question for Apple HR
In the “going dark” discussion, it is a kind of orthodoxy that back doors are inherently insecure. Build in a means of someone other than the user accessing his data and you create unacceptable risk that... -
Is Encryption Driving Everyone Crazy?
Is the encryption debate driving everyone around the bend? That's the only explanation I can reasonably think of for some strange phenomenon I've seen lately. Case in point is Congresswoman Jackie Spei... -
Encryption Legislation Advances in France
As the U.S. Congress considers encryption legislation, the French Parliament continues to move forward with enhanced penalties for companies that fail to aid sufficiently the authorities in gaining acces... -
Burr-Feinstein Encryption Legislation Officially Released
Last week, the Hill obtained a draft copy of Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Richard Burr's (R-NC) much discussed encryption legislation . Today, the senators made it official, releasing the Complia... -
The Incredible Breadth of Feinstein-Burr
As noted by Susan last week, a draft of the Feinstein-Burr encryption bill has been leaked to the press. The bill is, predictably, being panned by the tech community. One reason for the derision is the... -
Beyond Privacy & Security: The Role of the Telecommunications Industry in Electronic Surveillance
The court fight between Apple and FBI over access to a terrorist iPhone is just the latest chapter in the long-running tension between security professionals trying to get access to information and commu... -
Draft Feinstein-Burr Encryption Bill is Here
The Hill has obtained a draft of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr's much-discussed and long-awaited encryption bill, entitled the "Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016." The bill is designe... -
A Shoutout to Kenyon College
It's been a bad few years for the free exchange of ideas on campuses around the country. Barely a day goes by where we don't read some story about students at elite institutions trying to silence one ano... -
FBI Director James Comey Speaks at Kenyon College
Wednesday evening finds me at Kenyon College, at a conference on privacy, where I will speaking tomorrow on a combination of this paper and some work I have been doing recently on sexual extortion online...
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