Caveat
Join us for thought provoking conversations on surveillance, digital privacy, and cybersecurity law and policy in the information age. Each week, hosts Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin break down the headlines, legal cases, and policy battles that matter most.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 308
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
HR1 and the future of U.S. tech security
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his knowledge of law, privacy, and surveillance …
00:48:03 |
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Two seconds to safer online spaces.
Today we are joined by Elad Schindler, Product Manager of AU10TIX, sharing some details about their free assessment tool and readiness guide to help organizations navigate child safety age assurance …
00:48:13 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Ransomware readiness at risk.
This week, Ben speaks with John Anthony Smith, Founder and CSO at Fenix24, about why law firms are falling behind on recovery readiness as human-operated attacks continue to rise. Ben also shares ins…
00:47:36 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Installment plans for your privacy.
On today’s show we are joined by Ron Zayas, CEO of Ironwall by Incogni, to discuss the massive data sharing and privacy risks in the leading Buy Now Pay Later apps. Ben’s got the story of Illinois ba…
00:55:04 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Governments go on the offensive
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his knowledge of law, privacy, and surveillance on…
00:45:52 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Protecting or policing?
On today’s show Ben’s got the story of how the UK’s new Online Safety Act, billed as a way to protect children, may actually end up doing more harm than good—with mandatory age checks, privacy concer…
00:38:42 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Trump’s AI race against China.
While Ben is on vacation this week, Dave welcomes back Ethan Cook to the show. On today’s episode, Ethan breaks down former President Trump’s recently released AI action plan, highlighting key priori…
00:42:55 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
The clock’s ticking and the bots are clicking.
This week, Ben's story is on the looming expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA 2015), a widely supported but currently stalled law that enables cyber threat data sharing betwe…
00:36:43 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Cybersecurity in the states.
This week, we are joined by Gary Barlet, former Federal CIO and Air Force Cyber Operations Officer and current Public Sector CTO at Illumio, to discuss how this approach to cybersecurity leaves some …
00:42:52 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Who’s the boss of AI?
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his knowledge of law, privacy, and surveillance on t…
00:46:55 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
A nation divided can’t stand secure.
This week, Ben discusses some major Supreme Court decisions from the just concluded 2025 term. Dave's got the story of a license plate reader company dialing back access after media reports reveal po…
00:39:29 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
Cyber offense in the hot seat.
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben sit down with Andy Boyd, former Director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) and now an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners, a private equity fi…
00:34:28 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Answering the cybersecurity call.
Please enjoy this encore of Caveat.
Camille Stewart Gloster, Former Deputy National Cyber Director at the White House, is sharing a retrospective of her public service career. Ben discusses a new l…
00:50:05 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
The art of the breakup: Trump’s antitrust surge.
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his knowledge of law, privacy, and surveillance on…
00:43:21 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Deep in the tech of Texas.
This week on Caveat, Ben’s got the story of Texas becoming the second—and largest—state to pass a law requiring Apple and Google to verify users' ages on app stores and get parental consent before ki…
00:38:03 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
When AI serves up trouble.
This week on Caveat, Ben’s got the story of a federal judge rejecting Google and Character.AI’s claim that their chatbot’s messages are protected free speech, allowing a wrongful death lawsuit over a…
00:45:59 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Take it down or shut it down?
This week on Caveat, Ben covers growing backlash to a federal proposal that would block states from enforcing their own AI laws for the next decade—a move critics call unconstitutional and a gift to …
00:36:41 |
Thu 22 May 2025
Diving deep into critical infrastructure.
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his knowledge of law, privacy, and surveillance on…
00:43:49 |
Thu 15 May 2025
iSpy and iDefy.
This week, Ben and Dave tackle two major policy stories making headlines. Ben unpacks the Fourth Circuit’s long-awaited ruling in United States v. Chatrie, where the court failed to reach a majority …
00:35:05 |
Thu 08 May 2025
The AI policy divide.
Please enjoy this encore episode of Caveat.
This week on Caveat, Dave and Ben welcome back N2K’s own Ethan Cook for our latest policy deep dive segment. As our lead analyst, Ethan shares his …
00:39:56 |
Thu 01 May 2025
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