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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. 

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Oct 29, 2026

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Episodes

Encore: Opening up from Congress's point of view. 29.06.2023

Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd shares his new book, AMERICAN REBOOT, Ben shares a story about a new transatlantic agreement on data privacy, and Dave's story is on the story allegations from the DOJ that Google is playing fast and loose with attorney client privilege. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official lega...

The power of global networks. 22.06.2023

Eric Wenger, Cisco's Senior Director, Technology Policy, Global Government Affairs, joins Dave to discuss the issue of global network resilience. Ben's story follows a Twitter thread that is looking at a new case involving cell phone searches at the border. Dave's got the story of the EU passing a draft law, intended to restrict and add transparency requirements to the use of artificial intelligen...

IT companies sweep in to aid Ukraine. 15.06.2023

Dr. Bilyana Lilly sits down with Dave to discuss her co-authored paper for CyCon: "Business @ War: The IT Companies Helping to Defend Ukraine." This week, Ben's story follows the U.S. government declassifying a report on buying troves of data about United States citizens. Dave's story is on how and why deepfakes are entering into U.S. politics. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a law...

GDPR turns 5. 08.06.2023

This week, our guest is Larry Whiteside Jr., CISO from RegScale, who sits down with Dave to discuss GDPR on the occasion of its 5th anniversary. Ben talks about an appeals court decision in a "zombie case" that could have major ramifications for cybersecurity firms. Dave's got the story of a Texas judge who is none-too-happy with ChatGPT in his courtroom, unless checked out by a human. While this...

What would it take to change a law? 01.06.2023

Caleb Barlow of Cylete sits down to talk with Dave and Ben about what cyber laws should change, and what it would potentially take to change some of these laws. Ben's story is regarding a massive fine being levied against Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other products and services, for violation of European Union privacy laws. Dave's got the story of New York taking a s...

It's a generations thing. 25.05.2023

This week, our guest is Mathieu Gorge from Vigitrust joins to discuss generational attitudes toward privacy and how they will influence business in the future. Ben's got the story of the FBI misusing Section 702 authority to surveil Americans. Dave's got a recap of congressional testimony about AI security. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not consti...

A hand in crafting cybersecurity legislation. 18.05.2023

This week our guest is Ben Yelin, and he and Dave both sit down to discuss some recent cybersecurity legislation that he had a hand in crafting. Ben talks about a case dealing with the timing of computer search warrants. Dave looks at copyright and Apple’s loss in court in an iOS case. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For...

Being on top of your data consent. 11.05.2023

Mark Ailsworth from Opaque Systems joins Dave to discuss how if enterprises are not already on top of their own data consent and privacy mechanisms, they’re one critical step behind their competitors. Ben has the story of litigants arguing in court that real videos are Deep Fakes. Dave looks to Ben for better understanding of what the heck is going on with the Supreme Court. While this show covers...

Your approach to efficient security compliance. 04.05.2023

This week our guest is, Nick Means from Sym, he sits down with Dave to discuss how to build a compliance program without tanking your engineering velocity. Ben has the story of a Pennsylvania case on whether people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in Google searches. Dave's story takes a look at the notion of a “Defensive Search” exception to the Fourth Amendment. While this show covers le...

Encore: The Supreme Court's supreme security breach. 27.04.2023

Dov Lerner, Security Research Lead at Cybersixgill, discusses how things that would have been considered off-limits are now routine. He specifically get into new research showing several instances of personal information exposed of the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices in the wake of Roe V. Wade being overturned. Ben talks through a proposed expansion of video surveillance in San Franc...

The U.S. Government and a cybersecurity budget. 20.04.2023

This week, our guest Ilona Cohen from HackerOne sits down with Ben to discuss Biden's Cyber Strategy and National Budget allocations for cybersecurity. Ben has the story of a proposed Montana state law to ban the popular social media app TikTok. Dave's got the story of the FTC taking action against an Amazon merchant who is deceiving supplement consumers. While this show covers legal topics, and B...

Addressing National Cyber Strategy. 13.04.2023

Danielle Jablanski from Nozomi Networks to joins Dave to discuss one year of Shields Up as it relates to the National Cyber Strategy and one year of the Ukraine conflict. Ben brings us the story of Immigration and Customs Enforcement using its authority to gather data from schools and medical clinics. Dave's got the story of ChatGPT’s lies and the Biden administration’s possible regulatory reactio...

Insurable cyberattacks? 06.04.2023

Lee Rossey, CTO from SimSpace, sits down with Dave to discuss "are cyber attacks still insurable?" following the World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 report. Ben discusses the RESTRICT Act, a bill making its way through Congress. Dave's got the story of the non-profit Future of Life Institute calling for a pause in generative AI experimentation. While this show covers legal top...

Measuring the competitive advantage of compliance. 30.03.2023

Metin Kortak, CISO from Rhymetec, to discuss how to make compliance a competitive advantage. Ben shares news of a Biden Executive Order on commercial spyware after it may have been abused to spy on "autocracies — and some democracies." Dave took a look at export controls and whether they really make a difference when it comes to invasive software. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a...

The technology challenges of national archives regulations. 23.03.2023

Guest Bill Tolson of Archive360 joined Dave Bittner to discuss the M-19-21 extension for document management and the technology shortcomings for moving forward. Ben Yelin shares a New York City court case about biometric surveillance at Amazon Go, its brick and mortar store chain. Dave looks at new and potential regulatory moves from a pair of government agencies. While this show covers legal topi...

A blueprint of the CCPA. 16.03.2023

Dr. Eric Cole from Theon Technology discussing how the rollout of The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) could impact businesses, the latest developments, and what this means for future data breaches. Ben's story talks about a case of an overbroad warrant for Ring Doorbell data. Dave looks at software liability and whether it may see increased scrutiny from the Biden administration.  While thi...

Encore: The ever-evolving cybersecurity field. 09.03.2023

Guest Kimberly Patlis Walsh, President and Managing Director at Corporate Risk Solutions, joins Dave to discuss the evolution of cybersecurity and the correlating insurance marketplace, Ben's story covers ramifications of legal developments in Texas, and Dave discusses proposed legislation that takes the for-sale sign off the 4th Amendment. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer,...

Cybersecurity and SMEs. 02.03.2023

This week, Ben speaks with Melanie Teplinsky, Senior Fellow at American University's Washington College of Law to discuss cybersecurity for innovative small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Ben and Dave both share thoughts and discuss what happened at the much anticipated Supreme Court oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google, a major Section 230 case.  While this show covers legal topics, and Be...

The stand up of U.S. Cyber Command. 23.02.2023

Charlie Moore, who is a former Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command is discussing the stand up of U.S. Cyber Command, the development of U.S. cyber policy, and the development of DoD Cyber Policy. Ben discusses a proposed California law that would restrict so-called “reverse warrants.” Dave's got a story on the ruling from the fourth circuit on the first amendment right to film police. While thi...

Data privacy around the world. 16.02.2023

Annick O'Brien, Global Data Privacy Lawyer at CybSafe sits down with Dave to discuss data privacy around the world, data minimization, GDPR and how tech companies are fighting against regulations. Ben's story talks about the debate around reauthorizing Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. Dave's story covers data brokers capitalizing on the recent boom in mental health and the online data assoc...

Surveillance and the threat to press freedom. 09.02.2023

Carrie DeCell, Senior Staff Attorney of Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, sits down to discuss the threat malicious surveillance technology poses to press freedom around the world. Dave and Ben share some listener follow up from Steve, who writes in asking about the Google Algorithm case before the Supreme Court. Ben discusses the debate around the nationwide ban on TikTok....

Safely and securely moving to the cloud. 02.02.2023

Willie Hicks, Federal Chief Technologist from Dynatrace, sits down to discuss accelerated adoption and use of secure cloud infrastructure and services by the federal government. Ben’s story is on a new academic paper on the terms of service documents provided by different internet providers, and whether they alter Fourth Amendment rights. Dave discusses the story of a recent federal court ruling o...

Are there complications with digitizing healthcare? 26.01.2023

This week, the CyberWire's UK Correspondent, Carole Theriault is discussing digitalization of healthcare with former BBC guru Rory Cellan Jones. Ben discusses a recent op-ed about the “danger of privacy at all costs” and response from critics. Dave's story is about the Supreme Court asking the Biden administration for input on social media laws in Florida and Texas. While this show covers legal to...

The relationship between organizations and their data. 19.01.2023

Stephen Cavey, co-founder and chief evangelist from GroundLabs sits down with Dave to discuss the relationship between organizations and their data. Ben has the story of lawyers being denied entry to Madison Square Garden as the result of facial recognition software. Dave's got the story of some law professors worried about the new app sweeping the nation, ChatGPT. While this show covers legal top...

New year, new data privacy. 12.01.2023

Chris Gray from Deepwatch joins Dave to discuss 2022's shifts, as well as expectations in 2023 for data privacy from an international regulation standpoint. Ben's story covers a Seattle Public School District lawsuit against big tech companies, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Dave's got the story of an AI avatar generator that just can’t seem to resist sexualizing Asian women. While this...

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