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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 conversation with Joseph Cox. He is a Senior Staff Writer at Motherboard and will be discussing his recent article How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails. Links to stories: Apple and Google CEOs should be h...

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 show my conversation with Dmitri Alperovitch. He is the co-founder and former CTO at CrowdStrike. We’ll be discussing the recently published cybersecurity solarium report. Links to stories: Photographer c...

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 for new surveillance powers. And later in the show our conversation with David Holtzman from CynergisTek. We’ll be looking at how HIPAA privacy and security standards have been impacted by the federal re...

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 the show my conversation with Professor Yehuda Lindell, CEO and co-founder of Unbound Tech on government requests for data: What does it mean for your organization? Links to stories: The temptation of...

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 discussing browser privacy. Links to stories: U.S. Government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus DOJ asks Congress for broad new powers amid Covid-19....

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 Nancy Kim. She is the ProFlowers Distinguished Professor of Internet Studies and Professor of Law at California Western School of Law, and author of several books including Consentability - Consent and Its...

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. Links to stories: Dressing for the Surveillance Age Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime Got a question you'd like us to answer on our...

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 State in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues. Links to stories: N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads My car was in a hit-and-run. Then I learned it rec...

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-en...

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 insight...

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 inte...

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 enforceme...

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 s...

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 Secre...

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 cy...

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 Blam...

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/technolog...

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:...

Ben shares a story of student privacy in an age of surveillance. Dave describes efforts by the state of Georgia to put parts of their official legal code behind a paywall. The listener on the line wonders about speed cameras. Our guest is Donna Grindle, founder and CEO of Kardon and the co-host of the Help Me With HIPAA podcast. Links to stories: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/02/s...

In this episode, "Moving the needle in the federal space," Ben describes US Senate Democrats' proposal for new privacy legislation. We have a story from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the 5th Amendment and password privacy. And later in show we interview Robert Sheldon, Head of Technology Strategy for Public Sector at CrowdStrike, discussing Federal cybersecurity and how those efforts connec...

Dave wonders if a case involving a GPS tracker has drifted toward absurdity. Ben reviews a Pew survey on attitudes toward privacy. Our guest is Aleksandr Yampolskiy from Security Scorecard. He shares his thoughts on privacy legislation and the crypto wars. Links to stories: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/man-charged-with-theft-for-removing-police-gps-tracker-from-his-car/ https://www....

On this week’s show Ben shares news on the ability of the government to search your electronic devices at the border, Dave has a story about Google drawing the attention of HHS for gathering medical patient data and later in show my interview with Bret Cohen, president and CEO from Tier1cyber. He shares his insights on some of the parallels between data security and privacy laws and environmental...

Ben looks at the cozy relationship between Ring and local law enforcement, Dave shares a story about a DNA tests and search warrants. Our listener on the line wonders about deleted emails. Our guest is Michael Chertoff, former US Secretary of Homeland Security, now head of the Chertoff Group. Links to stories: https://gizmodo.com/ring-gave-police-stats-about-users-who-said-no-to-law-e-1837713840 h...

Ben describes a potential loophole in medical records privacy regulations. Dave shares a story of a woman ordered by a judge to unlock her mobile device. Our listener on the line wonders how digital assistants may run up against two-party consent laws. Our guest is Ray Walsh from ProPrivacy.com, discussing new legislation in California dealing with manipulated video and deepfakes. Links to stories...

Ben wonders if the NSA's authority to collect metadata will be renewed. Dave describes an expensive case of mobile device snooping. Our listener on the line wonders if the feds can monitor his laptop. Our guest is Elizabeth Wharton from Prevalion on biometric data security.  Got a question you'd like us to answer on our show? You can send your audio file to caveat@thecyberwire.com or simply leave...