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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 it

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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 technology

Judge forces insurer to help small business to clean up after a crippling ransomware attack

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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 Enforcement

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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 Security

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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 startup

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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 It

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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 2020

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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 interview Michelle Dennedy, formerly of Cisco and now CEO of DrumWave about the future of data value and... elephant masseuses.

Links to stories:

Ring and Amazon Sued for Security Camera Hacks They Blamed on Customers

One nation, tracked

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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. Weiss, former forensic expert with the FBI and current Counsel at Drinker Biddle and Reath, where he focuses on cyber security and privacy law.

Links to stories:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/17/what-does-your-car-know-about-you-we-hacked-chevy-find-out/

https://www.cnet.com/news/aclu-is-suing-ice-for-details-on-how-it-uses-phone-spying-devices/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/fisa-surveillance-fbi.html

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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 assistant professor of homeland security and emergency preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’ll be discussing the notion that cyber security in the White House is in disarray.

Links to stories:

https://gizmodo.com/apple-pushes-back-as-senates-nightmare-anti-encryption-1840346951

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/01/14/feds-cant-force-you-to-unlock-your-iphone-with-finger-or-face-judge-rules/#576323f042b7

https://www.axios.com/scoop-cyber-memo-warns-of-new-risks-to-white-house-network-9aa19c6c-77a3-485b-919b-1dd9bd691514.html

https://wilder.vcu.edu/people/faculty/christopher-whyte-.html

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