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The IC Thinks Harvard Is Wrong About Encryption
One of the important recent contributions to the encryption debate was a report from the Berkman Center at Harvard, "Don't Panic." It is fair to say that the report's title captures its view of the encr... -
Facing Privacy Tradeoffs to Restore Trust and the Rule of Law
One of the great technological advances of our time is the ability to put vast amounts of information to use for expanding scientific knowledge, making enterprises more efficient, increasing consumer con... -
Public v. Private Collection: It All Comes Down to Power
One issue that arose during the recent Hoover panel on protecting privacy with big data related to a frequently posed question: Why do we, as a society, appear to object more strenuously to the governmen... -
A Camera in My Shower? Fine
During the recent panel event at the Hoover Institution on using data to protect privacy, I had an interesting exchange with Laura Donohue of Georgetown Law, which I’ve been mulling over ever since. -
The Essential Link between Privacy and Security: Optimizing for Both
As we explore how best to use data analytics to provide value for important social functions like healthcare, education, transportation and law enforcement, many people believe that the use of the data w... -
Using Data To Secure Networks: Optimizing Individual Privacy While Achieving Strong Security
On April 14, in partnership with the Center For Democracy and Technology, Intel Security, and the Hoover Institution, we held a lunch event entitled, “Using Data To Secure Networks: Optimizing Individual... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Intel Security's Chris Young on Cybersecurity and a Debate on Using Data to Protect Data
Earlier this month, Lawfare held a lunch event in partnership with Intel Security, the Hoover Institution, and the Center for Democracy and Technology on whether Big Data analytics are merely a privacy t... -
In Defense of FAA Section 702: An Examination of its Justification, Operational Employment, and Legal Underpinnings
The tension between a Nation-state’s need to detect and interdict threats to life, safety and property inevitably conflict with the privacy interests of its individual citizens and private sector entitie... -
Bob Litt on "The Fourth Amendment in the Information Age"
Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel Robert Litt has published a new essay in The Yale Law Journal that will likely be of interest to Lawfare readers. Entitled "The Fourth Amen... -
The Apple Vulnerability Disclosure Question -- Looks Like I Will Win
A few weeks ago, as anyone who is not living under a rock will remember, the FBI withdrew its effort to force Apple to unlock an iPhone because, as it told the court, it gained access to the phone throug... -
The Encrypted Living Will
Security developers tussle between security and usability every day, but security and not weakness has to be the starting point. -
An Approach to James Comey's Technical Challenge
In 2014, at the very beginning of the “Going Dark debate,” FBI Director James Comey gave a challenge to the technical community. Is it possible to create a “front-door” that law enforcement can use to ac...
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