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Data Collection Standards in Privacy Legislation: Proposed Language
As a proponent of baseline federal privacy legislation, I am encouraged that proposals that would have been poison pills not long ago, such as individual rights to see, correct and delete data as well as... -
Is Huawei a ‘Foreign Power’ or an ‘Agent of a Foreign Power’ Under FISA? Insights From the Sanctions Case
[Update: Several colleagues have pointed out that I did not make sufficiently clear that there is an alternate (and much less intriguing) explanation for the 1806(c) notices here. -
Edward Snowden, National Security Whistleblowing and Civil Disobedience
Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from the author’s coda to the forthcoming volume “Whistleblowing Nation: Disclosing U.S. National Security and the Challenge of Dissent,” edited by Kaeten Mistry and ... -
A Lesson from the College Admissions Scandal for the Encryption Debate
Last Tuesday, the U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts announced charges against dozens of parents, college sports coaches and test-prep teachers with in a scheme to win admission to big name universi... -
Facebook, Encryption and the Dangers of Privacy Laundering
On March 6, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a long-term road map to turn Facebook into a “privacy-focused communications platform.” His “principles” for this transformation include auto-deleting o... -
Telephony Metadata: Is the Contact-Chaining Program Unsalvageable?
An apparent disclosure from a congressional staffer on the Lawfare Podcast has generated considerable buzz regarding the fate of a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that currently -
President Trump’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
On Feb. 11, President Trump issued a new executive order regarding artificial intelligence (AI). -
Trump’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Aspirations Without Teeth
On Feb. 11, the White House released an executive order on “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” (AI)—the latest attempt to develop a national strategy for AI. -
Document: Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
On Monday, President Trump issued the following executive order on artificial intelligence. The White House provided a summary of the order, and the full order is below. White House Summary -
Detecting Ghosts By Reverse Engineering: Who Ya Gonna Call?
The most recent purportedly serious proposal by a Western government to force technology companies to provide access to the content of encrypted communications comes from Ian Levy and Crispin Robinson of... -
Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal
The so-called Crypto Wars have been going on for 25 years now. -
Three FISA Authorities Sunset in December: Here’s What You Need to Know
Thought we were done with surveillance-law debates, at least for a few years? Not by a long shot. A sunset is looming for three provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What’s at stake? H...
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