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Mar 25, 2020 • 48min

Can smart surveillance keep us safe?

Ben and Dave discuss the policy and privacy issues surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic, the Listener on the Line has a question about ZTE bribery and later in the show our interview with Nancy Kim. She is the ProFlowers Distinguished Professor of Internet Studies and Professor of Law at California Western School of Law, and author of several books including Consentability - Consent and Its Limits. Be sure to stick around for that.Links to stories: Surveillance Company Says It's Deploying 'Coronavirus-Detecting' Cameras in US Israeli Spyware Firm Wants to Track Data to Stop Coronavirus Spreading U.S. Probes Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE for Possible BriberyGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 18, 2020 • 40min

Dressing for privacy.

Ben shares a story about dressing for privacy, Dave has the tale of location data putting an innocent man at the scene of a crime, and later in the show our interview with Admiral James Stavridis. He is the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.Links to stories: Dressing for the Surveillance Age Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crimeGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 11, 2020 • 38min

Technology always moves quicker than policy.

Ben has an update on NSA’s phone surveillance program, Dave has a story about cars snitching on their owners, and later in the show our interview with Liesyl Franz. She is from the U.S. Department of State in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues.Links to stories: N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads My car was in a hit-and-run. Then I learned it recorded the whole thing. Got a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 4, 2020 • 41min

Get that thing off my car.

Ben explains why Apple may pay half a billion dollars to settle a class action suit, Dave has an update on last week's GPS tracking device story, and later in the show our interview with Riana Pfefferkorn. She is Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law. We’ll be discussing her recent article, “The earn it act: How to ban end-to-end encryption without actually banning it.”Links to stories: N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads Removing a GPS tracking device from your car isn’t theft, court rules The earn it act: How to ban end-to-end encryption without actually banning itGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 26, 2020 • 40min

Just gimme some truth.

Ben wonders why law enforcement are often cagey when it comes to revealing the electronic surveillance tools they make use of, Dave shares a story of a judge requiring an insurance company to help a small business clean up after a ransomware attack, and later in the show we speak with Peter A. Halprin, who is a partner in Pasich LLP’s New York office; we’ll be discussing ransomware and his insights on potential future privacy statutes.Links to stories: Why we don’t know as much as we should about police surveillance technologyJudge forces insurer to help small business to clean up after a crippling ransomware attackGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 19, 2020 • 43min

Rigging the game.

Ben describes a decades-long global espionage campaign alleged to have been carried out by the CIA and NSA, Dave shares a story about the feds using cell phone location data for immigration enforcement, and later in the show our conversation with Drew Harwell from the Washington Post on his article on how Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines.Links to stories: ‘The intelligence coup of the century’ RIGGING THE GAME Spy sting Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration EnforcementGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 12, 2020 • 47min

The practical concerns of data encryption.

Dave shares a story about the government compelling some tech giants to help find a WhatsApp drug dealer, Ben follows developments on the ClearView facial recognition story that the New York Times recently broke, and later in the show, our conversation with Tommy Ross. He serves as Senior Director of Policy, BSA | The Software Alliance, and we’re going to be discussing encryption and law enforcement access to data.Links to stories: Feds Order Massive Number Of Tech Giants To Help Hunt Down One WhatsApp Meth Dealer Google, YouTube, Venmo and LinkedIn send cease-and-desist letters to facial recognition app that helps law enforcement NEMA's Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device SecurityGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 5, 2020 • 46min

And the heat goes on.

Dave shares a story about Amazon trying to have its cake and eat it, too when it comes to product liability. Ben has developments on the ClearView facial recognition story that the New York Times recently broke, and later in the show our conversation with Mike Overly from Foley & Lardner on cybersecurity in aviation.Links to stories: How amazon escapes liability for the riskiest products on its site Class-action lawsuit filed against controversial Clearview AI startupGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 29, 2020 • 50min

Exploring the cultural values of personal privacy.

Dave shares a story about our own state of Maryland trying to crack down on ransomware, Ben shares a New York Times story about facial recognition software, and later in the show our conversation with Stuart Thompson from the New York Times on the article, Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy.Links to stories: How ransomware bill would tighten focus on the threat in Maryland The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy As We Know ItGot a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 22, 2020 • 40min

There is no back door.

Dave shares a story about congress struggling to define acts of war in cyberspace. Ben has Apple's response to the DOJ's request to unlock yet another iPhone, and later in the show we interview Andrea Little Limbago the Chief Social Scientist at Virtru about her upcoming talk at the RSA Conference regarding the global battle against encryption. Links to stories: Congress struggles on rules for cyber warfare with Iran Apple responds to AG Barr over unlocking Pensacola shooter's phone: "No."Andrea L Limbago at RSA 2020Got a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave us a message at (410) 618-3720. Hope to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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