Surveillance & Privacy
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End-to-End Encryption Is a Critical National Security Tool
Law enforcement and national security officials have fought end-to-end encryption for decades—but the technology is more needed than ever. -
How Geoblocking Limits Digital Access in Sanctioned States
Websites, faced with the complexity of applying sanctions to digital services, voluntarily restrict risky countries from their platforms. -
Lawfare Daily: Social Media Data Practices, with the FTC’s Jacqueline Ford and Ronnie Solomon
Discussing the FTC's new staff report on social media. -
CALEA Was a National Security Disaster Waiting to Happen
Thanks to U.S. government requirements for tapping capabilities in phone switches, the Chinese have likely compromised wiretap orders. -
International Shocks and Regional Responses in Data Governance
Recent global crises in intelligence, health, and the military have influenced the evolution of data regulation locally and globally. -
ChinaTalk: Imperial Legacy Part 2: 1949 to Xi's Death
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The New UN Cybercrime Treaty Is a Bigger Deal Than Even Its Critics Realize
A new treaty endorses a state criminalizing conduct by anyone, anywhere, so long as the conduct harms one of its nationals. -
Hard Lessons From the National Public Data Hack
The sheer scale of the breach and the way in which the data was first collected should be a national security wake-up call. -
The Fifth Circuit Shuts Down Geofence Warrants—and Maybe a Lot More
An astonishing ruling, and one that creates splits on two different issues. -
Chatter: Reconceptualizing National Security with Gina Bennett
How are national security and parenting lessons related? -
ChinaTalk: Sen. Young on Tech Legislation
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Rational Security: The “God Given” Edition
This week, Alan Rozenshtein, Quinta Jurecic, and Scott Anderson were joined once again by Kevin Frazier to talk over the week’s big national security news.