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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
Privacy is a human right.
Dave has the story of a facial recognition research project that claims to be able to predict criminality, Ben takes a look at privacy in the face of contact tracing app and coronavirus, and later in…
00:54:28 |
Wed 13 May 2020
If there's cyberwar, are there cyber war crimes?
Dave has the story of a US appeals court asking why a Facebook encryption order should remain sealed, Ben takes a look at the effects of GDPR, and later in the show our conversation with Tarah Wheele…
00:41:14 |
Wed 06 May 2020
You will pay for that one way or another.
Dave's got the story of a landlord who may run afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Ben wonders if the big tech CEOs could be held liable for contact tracking apps, and later in the show my con…
00:37:09 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
You don't own your photos.
Dave's got the story of photographer who came up short in an online copyright claim, Ben wonders if the Supreme Court is going to take a look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and later in the sho…
00:39:47 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Where there's a will, there's a loophole.
Dave shares the details of New York’s new data breach notification law and how it may affect businesses. Ben examines the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s approach to evaluating government demands fo…
00:41:12 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Heat maps and surveillance temptations.
Dave has a fascinating application of anonymized data to show travel patterns during the coronavirus pandemic. Ben discusses the temptation to increase surveillance during this pandemic, and later in…
00:44:46 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Ben and Dave discuss the policy and privacy issues surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic, and later in the show our interview with Lily Hay Newman. She is a senior writer at WIRED, and we’ll be…
00:41:07 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
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 Nanc…
00:48:28 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
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…
00:39:40 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
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…
00:37:48 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
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 Pfeffe…
00:40:38 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
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 …
00:40:15 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
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 enforceme…
00:42:40 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
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 re…
00:46:56 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
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 rec…
00:46:18 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
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 wit…
00:49:53 |
Wed 29 Jan 2020
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 Andre…
00:40:24 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Cell phone tracking and the future of data value.
Dave shares a story from Gizmodo about lawsuits aimed at Ring and Amazon. You asked - Ben listened - his take on an op-ed from the New York Times about cell phone tracking, and later in the show we i…
00:48:42 |
Wed 15 Jan 2020
The quiet, behind-the-scenes work of the FBI.
Dave shares a Washington Post story about the data your car may be collecting about you. Ben digs in to recent revelations about government surveillance, and later in the show we interview Jason G. W…
00:49:41 |
Wed 08 Jan 2020
The cyber resiliency of White House operations.
On this week’s show Ben unpacks a recent Capital Hill hearing on the crypto wars, Dave describes a ruling that addresses biometrics and self incrimination. Our guest is Christopher Whyte, an assistan…
00:48:31 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
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