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Caveat episodes

February 10, 2021Covid's effects on medical privacy.
We have guest Jenna Waters from True Digital Security looking back at the last year of Covid and how that’s affected privacy, particularly in the medical field, Ben looks at a tool that can help determine if your image is part of a facial recognition library, and Dave has the story of law enforcement dodging public records rules through the use of encrypted messaging apps.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos
Michigan State Police Officials Are Dodging Public Records Obligations By Using Encrypted Messaging Apps

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40 min
February 03, 2021The new US Administration should focus on these data privacy points.
We have guest Sophie Chase-Borthwick of Calligo joining us to discuss "The Top 3 Data Privacy Points the New U.S. Administration Must Focus On," Ben examines the ongoing online hunt for Capitol rioters, and Dave looks at the challenge of upholding free speech in the age of online digital platforms.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Digital fingerprints are identifying Capitol rioters
Why Is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn’t

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42 min
January 27, 2021The intersection of law, technology and risk.
On this week’s show Dave speaks with guest Andrew Burt from the Yale Information Society Project (ISP) on Digital Future Whitepaper Series first whitepaper, "Nowhere to Hide: Data, Cyberspace, and the Dangers of the Digital World," Ben looks at the shift to more secure messaging apps in the fallout of Parler going offline, and Dave has the story of the FTC cracking down on misuse of facial recognition software.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Far-right groups move online conversations from social media to chat apps — and out of view of law enforcement
FTC Requires App Developer to Obtain Users’ Express Consent for Use of Facial Recognition

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44 min
January 20, 2021The attempted insurrection, Congressional cybersecurity, and data ethics.
On this week’s show Dave speaks with guest Dr. Dennis Hirsch from the Ohio State University's Risk Institute on his research on data ethics, and we unpack the aftermath of the riot and attack on the US Capitol, and the security and privacy issues that have arisen as a result.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
The siege of the US Capitol was a disaster for congressional cybersecurity — and experts say Congress will likely have to wipe all its computers and rebuild from scratch
An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data

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47 min
January 13, 2021Diversity has to be part of the mission in cybersecurity.
On this week’s show, we've got Dave's conversation with David Forscey with the Aspen Institute on their new Cybersecurity Collaborative Network, Ben shares why we were late getting started recording Caveat for 2021, Ben's story covers the ongoing issues with facial recognition software, and Dave has the story of California upholding restrictions on Stingrays.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Unregulated facial recognition must stop before more Black men are wrongfully arrested
Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones (related story)
Court Upholds Legal Challenge Under California Statewide Stingray Law

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45 min
January 06, 2021Encore: 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.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Dressing for the Surveillance Age
Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime

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39 min
December 30, 2020 Encore: EU-US Privacy Shield invalidated.
Dave has a story about police foundations buying hacking tools for local law enforcement, Ben looks at California’s prop-24 fight over the future of privacy, Dave takes a look at the conclusions of a House report that many of tech’s biggest firms are enjoying unfair monopoly power, and later in the show our conversation with Travis Leblanc from Cooley on the European court Invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
The Fight Over the Fight Over California’s Privacy Future
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon abused monopoly power, House report says
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47 min
December 23, 2020Interim cybersecurity compliance rule prior to CMMC with some privacy thrown in.
Ben covers a privacy story of California dealing with Uber, Dave's got the story of the FTC demanding information from social media companies, Listener on the Line Mitch has a throwback to an older episode's use of "weasel words," and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Michelle Litteken from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP on an unexpected cybersecurity compliance rule that is forcing government contractors to act quickly.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data
California fines Uber $59 million, threatens license over refusal to hand over sexual assault data

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45 min
December 16, 2020We don't know what we need, until we do with facial recognition.
Ben looks at potential antitrust suits against Facebook, Dave looks at anti-hate speech laws in Germany that are serving as models for authoritarians around the world, our international LOTL asks about what the privacy of instant messaging platforms looks like in the US, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Jennifer Strong, host of the new MIT Technology Review podcast, "In Machines We Trust."
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
State, federal authorities expected to file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday
Germany’s Online Crackdowns Inspire the World’s Dictators

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51 min
December 09, 2020A pandemic is a perfect environment for disinformation to thrive.
Ben looks at the US Supreme Court’s potential interpretations of the computer fraud and abuse act, Dave's got a report out of the UK on AI algorithm oversight, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Fellow from the Wilson Center on her book: How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict.
While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney.
Links to stories:
Argument analysis: Justices seem wary of breadth of federal computer fraud statute
The algorithms are watching us, but who is watching the algorithms?

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47 min

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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…