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Answering the cybersecurity call. Jun 06, 2024

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Camille Stewart Gloster, Former Deputy National Cyber Director at the White House, is sharing a retrospective of her public service career. Ben discusses a new lawsuit in Illinois challenging automatic license plate readers. Dave's got the story of an AI hotline between the US and China.

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EFF takes on Texas' digital ID law. May 30, 2024

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This week, Ben discusses litigation related to a new online age verification law in Texas, and how it is causing uproar. Dave's got the story of congress perhaps being on their way to passing a federal privacy bill that got revamped and sailed through the House subcommittee.

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A mission to fortify software supply chains. May 23, 2024

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Melissa Oh and Anil John from DHS' Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) join to discuss how they are working to advance software chain resiliency. Ben has the story of the FBI charging a Wisconsin man with the distribution of AI CSAM. Dave's got the story of the famous movie star, Scarlett Johansson and how she is at odds with Open AI.

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The battle for trade secrets and national security. May 16, 2024

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Dave Hickton, Founding Director, Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security at the University of Pittsburgh, and former US Attorney, is discussing the 10th Anniversary of the first indictment of Chinese PLA actors. Ben covers TikTok’s new lawsuit against the federal government. Dave's got the story of some Senators taking issue with facial recognition at airports.

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Safeguarding against disinformation. May 09, 2024

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Barbara McQuade sits down to discuss her book "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," showing us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. Ben discusses a fascinating case dealing with middleware and adversarial interoperability. Dave's got the story of a leak of Australian companies biometric data.

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The building blocks of AI governance. May 02, 2024

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Cameron Kerry from the Brookings Institute is sharing their report entitled "Small Yards, Big Tents: How to Build Cooperation on Critical International Standards." Dave and Ben discuss AI-generated recording leading to criminal charges in Maryland based off of the interesting story of an ex-athletic director accused of framing his principal with AI and how he has been arrested at an airport with a gun. Dave's story is on a new bill that has been proposed to help safeguard against cybersecurity attacks at water companies.

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Navigating cybersecurity's regulatory maze. Apr 25, 2024

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Igor Volovich, VP of Compliance Strategy at Qmulos, sits down to talk with Ben Yelin about the discourse around cybersecurity incidents and their implications under the newly adopted SEC disclosure rules. Ben and Dave discuss the controversial reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA, after Congress worked into early Saturday to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for two more years.

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Congress extends controversial warrantless surveillance law for two years

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Discussions revisited. Apr 18, 2024

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This week, Dave and Ben are joined by Robert Carolina, Senior Teaching Fellow, Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, and all three of them dive into discussing some of the subjects mentioned on the show in previous episodes, as Robert shares his thoughts on where Dave and Ben may have gone astray.

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Is a department of space in the future? Apr 11, 2024

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Bryce Kennedy, President of the Association of Commercial Space Professionals (ACSP) joins to share his concept for a federal Department of Space. Ben and Dave sit down to discuss a possible breakthrough in online privacy at the Federal level, as well as discussing two new bills in Maryland that were just passed regarding privacy.

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The ins and outs of being a good cyber lawyer. Apr 04, 2024

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Dave and Ben are joined by Caleb Barlow this week, and he shares his thought on what makes a good cyber lawyer, discussing about how this is rapidly becoming a different field and it brings in some very different issues.

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