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Never let a crisis go to waste. Apr 01, 2020

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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.

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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. Schumer says, “Hell no.”

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Can smart surveillance keep us safe? Mar 25, 2020

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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 Limits. Be sure to stick around for that.

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Surveillance Company Says It's Deploying 'Coronavirus-Detecting' Cameras in US

Israeli Spyware Firm Wants to Track Data to Stop Coronavirus Spreading

U.S. Probes Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE for Possible Bribery

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Dressing for privacy. Mar 18, 2020

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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.

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Dressing for the Surveillance Age

Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime

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Technology always moves quicker than policy. Mar 11, 2020

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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.

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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 recorded the whole thing.

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Get that thing off my car. Mar 04, 2020

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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.”

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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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Just gimme some truth. Feb 26, 2020

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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.

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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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Rigging the game. Feb 19, 2020

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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.

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‘The intelligence coup of the century’

RIGGING THE GAME Spy sting

Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement

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The practical concerns of data encryption. Feb 12, 2020

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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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And the heat goes on. Feb 05, 2020

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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.

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How amazon escapes liability for the riskiest products on its site

Class-action lawsuit filed against controversial Clearview AI startup

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Exploring the cultural values of personal privacy. Jan 29, 2020

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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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