06.15.2020 - By Stewart Baker
In our 320th episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Reuters cybersecurity reporter Chris Bing and Citizen Lab Senior Researcher John Scott-Railton. Stewart is also joined by David Kris (@DavidKris), Nate Jones (@n8jones81), and Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) to discuss: How long before this shows up in NSO’s briefs? Facebook Helped the FBI Exploit Vulnerability in a Secure Linux Distro for Child Predator Sting; Battling anti-encryption drive, tech companies pledge new child abuse disclosures; Zoom bombs: China’s complaint terminates Tiananmen Square commemorative Zoom sessions and (briefly) organizers’ accounts.; This week in content moderation: Sen. Josh Hawley drafting legislation derived from Trump EO.; Republican senators push FCC to act on Trump social media order.; EU cloud independence project, powered by … Microsoft? France and Germany launch GAIA-X EU cloud independence project.; To monopolize the supply chain early? Why spies are targeting vaccine research.; ARM wrestling: UK chip designer ARM fights its JV “partner” for control of its Chinese joint venture.; Universal Plug n Pwn: Millions of routers, printers, and other devices can be remotely commandeered by a new attack that exploits a security flaw in the Universal Plug and Play network protocol, a researcher said.; Updates to past stories: Israel Halts Controversial Coronavirus Surveillance. Sorta.; Internet hippie falls asleep at Woodstock, wakes up at Altamont: The Internet Archive is ending its program of offering free, unrestricted copies of e-books; A thousand talents, but honesty was not one. Harvard University Professor indicted on False Statement Charges.; Clearing the field for Clearview AI – three big face recognition projects flinch in face of demonization: Microsoft face recognition denied to police.; IBM’s too.; And Amazon’s as well.; And more! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.