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
Generating more data with value we don't understand.
Dave has a story about websites tracking you every online move, Ben describes concerns over allegations that Homeland Security was tapping protester’s phone lines in Portland, and later in the show o…
00:42:20 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Technology that allows cops to track your phone.
Dave has an update on Baltimore’s spyplane, Ben describes concerns over violations by the FBI, CIA, NSA of FISA court rules, and later in the show our conversation with Kim Zetter on her recent artic…
00:50:08 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Your own data used against you.
Dave's has the story of adult websites and their reaction to deepfakes, Ben describes a ruling from the 9nth circuit court that has 4th amendment implications, and later in the show our conversation …
00:42:04 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Privacy: once you give it away, it’s very hard to get back.
Dave looks at one state’s plan to provide internet to rural students, Ben describes a controversial move by California lawmakers to implement immunity passports, and later in the show our conversatio…
00:39:12 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Understanding the right technical assistance model for your organization.
Dave reviews an essay from top US officials on persistent engagement as US cyber doctrine, Ben describes the potential implications of a ruling on geofencing, and later in the show our conversation w…
00:47:34 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
CCPA impact on businesses.
Dave describes how California is providing data - a lot of data - the private investigators, Ben explains how Miami police were using facial recognition software to identify protesters, and later in …
00:41:29 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
There is a trust gap.
Ben describes a lawsuit accusing Zoom of misrepresenting their encryption, Dave shares a new project from the EFF that hunts Stingrays, and later in the show, Dave speaks with Rande Price and Chris P…
00:40:34 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Need affects change.
Dave describes the business concerns of a company who makes their living scraping data, Ben explores the legal importance of being able to analyze source code, and later in the show Ben speaks with P…
00:42:46 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
The evolution of the internet.
Dave's got the story of the Google geofencing location requests coming under scrutiny, Ben describes how federal officers are using social media streams to track down protesters, and later in the sho…
00:43:55 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
Diversity in contact tracing.
Dave's got the story of the Department of Homeland Security authorizing the collection of information on protestors, Ben covers a European court ruling affecting Facebook, and later in the show our c…
00:41:30 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
The power of the pen.
Dave's got the story of police using smart streetlights to investigate protesters, Ben has the story of major tech companies responding to China’s new Hong Kong security law, and later in the show ou…
00:43:22 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
Law takes time.
Dave's got the story of police using smart streetlights to investigate protesters, Ben has the story of major tech companies responding to China’s new Hong Kong security law, and later in the show ou…
00:42:35 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Huawei statements are not as strong as before.
Dave's got the story of a school district in hot water over facial recognition issues, Ben has the story of protesters being tracked via their mobile devices, and later in the show our conversation w…
00:38:47 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Policy is a mess.
Dave's got the story of the IRS giving up on location data, Ben has the story of a man wrongfully arrested due to a facial recognition match, and later in the show our conversation with Fred Cate, Vi…
00:44:16 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
Code is law.
Dave's got the story of how the FBI used open source intelligence to track down an alleged arsonist, Ben describes a facial recognition test that took place at the Rose Bowl, and later in the show ou…
00:44:27 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Building public trust.
Dave's got the story of law enforcement using enhanced Stingray technology, Ben explains why IBM is no longer pursuing facial recognition technology, and later in the show our conversation with John …
00:41:26 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Cybersecurity at the global, national, and state levels.
Dave's got the story of a class action privacy suit targeting Google, Ben takes a look at surveillance in a time of protests and unrest, and later in the show our interview with Maryland State Senato…
00:46:52 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Pushing the CCPA.
Dave’s got the story of a judge ruling that powering up a mobile device requires a warrant, Ben takes a look at Twitter adjusting their policies in response to the President, and later in the show ou…
00:51:05 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
Tech and cyber competition with China.
Dave describes how law enforcement may be using a new technique to access suspects’ iPhones, Ben takes a look at a Senate vote that may signal surveillance reform, and later in the show our conversat…
00:46:33 |
Wed 27 May 2020
The different implications of surveillance.
Dave has the story of the potential expansion of the Patriot Act. Ben takes a look at hacking tools that were offered up to local law enforcement. And later in the show my conversation with Alan Z. R…
00:37:49 |
Wed 20 May 2020
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