“Basically, I see this as a cowardly measure to maintain plausible deniability that this is not about encryption,” Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surv…
"But, Riana Pfefferkorn said that the warrant highlighted the lengths to which law enforcement officers are willing to go pursue a suspect, likening it to…
So far, I’ve covered what I believe to be some First Amendment and due process problems with the EARN IT Act bill. Last but not least, let’s talk about the Four…
""It's clear that the bill drafters know they have a huge Fourth Amendment problem if they directly mandate the measures they want tech companies…
""That there are a number of variables involved here does not sound unique to the context of encrypted devices. Law enforcement does not operate in a…
Encrypted Messaging (Panel) Moderator: Jon Callas, Senior Technology Fellow, ACLU Panelists: Riana Pfefferkorn, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybers…
I’ve previously covered the First Amendment concerns that I have with the newly-introduced EARN IT Act bill. I also have due-process concerns about the bill’s “…
The disastrous EARN IT Act bill is coming up for a hearing Wednesday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it’s been introduced as Senate bill S. 339…
Well, the dreaded day has come: the EARN IT Act was formally introduced today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I wrote at length in January about the bill, wh…
"“Previously, the answer from Congress was ‘do nothing,’ both on passing an anti-encryption law -- something for which Congress has heretofore shown no app…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, outlined fears about the pr…
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…