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Apple at BlackHat: Reopening the "Going Dark" Debate
Just over a week ago, at the BlackHat hacker convention in Las Vegas, Ivan Krstić, Head of Security Engineering and Architecture at Apple gave a talk entitled “Behind the scenes of iOS Security,” the sli... -
Pokémon and a Better Conversation on Data Privacy
Amid an onslaught of privacy and cybersecurity threats, it can be difficult to predict which potential concerns will capture the public imagination. A particularly unlikely candidate for public debate ov... -
Encryption and the "Golden Key"
The encryption debate seems to have died down for now. But events have a way of intruding. As the Hill reports: "Researchers who uncovered a security key that protects Windows devices as they boot up s... -
Pentagon Releases New Procedures for Intelligence Collection
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to more accurately reflect the circumstances under which a defense intelligence component may collect U.S. personal information inside the United States. -
Creating an Internet Obscurity Center: Reducing the Burden of Google Spain on Businesses
In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that search engine operators in the EU are responsible for handling individuals’ requests to remove links to personal information that... -
Congress Should Embrace the DOJ’s Cross-Border Data Fix
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TouchID and the Exigent iPhone
As a matter of established legal precedent, the police can compel someone to provide their fingerprint onto a fingerprint reader. Equally well-established is that exigent circumstances—including "the nee... -
The Microsoft Ireland Case: A Brief Summary
Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the United States Government in the case Microsoft v. United States, stating that the government cannot compel Microsoft, or other companies, ... -
Reactions to the Microsoft Warrant Case
Yesterday, the Second Circuit released its long-awaited opinion in the Microsoft Ireland case, ruling that the DOJ cannot compel Microsoft to produce emails stored on its Irish servers, because to do so ... -
2nd Circuit Rules Against US Government in Microsoft Case
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in the case Microsoft v. United States, finding that Stored Communications Act "does not authorize courts to issue and enforce against U.S.-based service p... -
Vulnerabilities Equities Reform That Makes Everyone (And No One) Happy
National Security Council veterans Ari Schwartz and Rob Knake recently released a paper entitled Government’s Role in Vulnerability Disclosure. The paper, published by Harvard’s Belfer Center, catalogues... -
Indian Court Rejects Encryption Challenge...For Now
The Indian Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation petition (PIL) by Sudhir Yadav, a Right-To-Information activist and web developer who called for a ban on messaging apps that offer end...
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