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Lawfare Buys A Bitcoin---Buying the Coin
So . . . you can’t explore bitcoins unless you actually have one in hand. If you don’t then, well, it’s really all pretty theoretical. We wanted to have some skin in the game, so to speak, so we decided... -
Quick Responses to Schneier on Attribution in the Sony Hack
Bruce Schneier has two typically fine new essays on the Sony hack. The first (at the Atlantic.com) argues that “we still don’t know who’s behind” the Sony hack, and the second (at Time.com) explains why... -
Was It North Korea?
By now, we are all familiar with the attribution problems inherent in cyberspace. Notwithstanding, I have been provisionally willing to accept the FBI's assertion of North Korean responsibility for the ... -
A Modest Defense of the Government’s Legal and Policy Confusion Re Sony
The attribution problem makes it very hard for the public to know if North Korea in fact attacked Sony, the precise damage Sony suffered, and the party responsible for the (apparent) counter-attack in No... -
Safety At The Turn of the Last Century -- A Satire
MEMORANDUM TO DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION From: BoFT Safety Inspectors Re: Auto-mobile Issues Date: Circa 1910 We write with concern regarding the safety of the newest tr... -
North Korean Internet Down
The New York Times is reporting that the entire North Korean network is off line as of right now. No information at all on the cause. Here is the opening from the article: North Korea’s already tenuou... -
USG Seems Befuddled About How to Respond to Sony Hack
David Sanger, Nicole Perlroth, and Eric Schmitt have a must-read NYT story on USG thinking about a response to the Sony hack, allegedly carried by the North Korean government. The story is jaw-dropping ... -
The Sony Hack: Attribution Problems, and the Connection to Domestic Surveillance
The FBI said today of the Sony hack: As a result of our investigation, . . . the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions. -
The Sony Hack: Will the United States Take Countermeasures Against North Korea?
Now that the United States has concluded that North Korea was responsible for the hack into Sony’s computers, it has begun to make noises about responding to that hack in some way. -
On the Sony Hack
I've written two essays on the Sony hack, one for the Wall Street Journal, and the other for Vice Motherboard. The former opens: Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Pea... -
District Court Suppresses Pole Camera Surveillance Footage
Twitter brings news of this interesting little order in United States v. Vargas. The court's opinion was authored by Judge Edward F. Shea and opens: The first duty of government is the safety of its peo... -
The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Last Friday, the Cato Institute held an all-day conference to explore the questions raised by the growth of government surveillance, the revelations of NSA activities by Edward Snowden, and how these new...
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