Surveillance & Privacy
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OIG Report on Trump Justice Department’s Acquisition of Congressional Phone Records
The report investigates possible wrongdoing in Attorney General Barr’s seizure of congressional staffers’ communication records -
Confusion & Contradiction in the UN ‘Cybercrime’ Convention
The U.S. has invited a conundrum for the Department of Justice upon itself. -
D.C. Circuit Rules to Enforce TikTok Ban
The court denied three petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. -
Tackling Data Brokerage Threats to American National Security
A news story used brokered location data to track military personnel—illuminating a considerable threat to national security. -
End-to-End Encryption Is a Critical National Security Tool
Law enforcement and national security officials have fought end-to-end encryption for decades—but the technology is more needed than ever. -
How Geoblocking Limits Digital Access in Sanctioned States
Websites, faced with the complexity of applying sanctions to digital services, voluntarily restrict risky countries from their platforms. -
Lawfare Daily: Social Media Data Practices, with the FTC’s Jacqueline Ford and Ronnie Solomon
Discussing the FTC's new staff report on social media. -
CALEA Was a National Security Disaster Waiting to Happen
Thanks to U.S. government requirements for tapping capabilities in phone switches, the Chinese have likely compromised wiretap orders. -
International Shocks and Regional Responses in Data Governance
Recent global crises in intelligence, health, and the military have influenced the evolution of data regulation locally and globally. -
ChinaTalk: Imperial Legacy Part 2: 1949 to Xi's Death
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The New UN Cybercrime Treaty Is a Bigger Deal Than Even Its Critics Realize
A new treaty endorses a state criminalizing conduct by anyone, anywhere, so long as the conduct harms one of its nationals. -
Hard Lessons From the National Public Data Hack
The sheer scale of the breach and the way in which the data was first collected should be a national security wake-up call.