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Encryption Law
217 published works
Password Protected
Bypassing Encryption Under Court Orders: New Bill Scares the Privacy Community
Senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr have released a discussion draft on providing technical assistance to law enforcement seeking to gain access to encrypted information pursuant to a court order. …
Capital Thinking
House Encryption Working Group Releases Roadmap
Legislative Activity House Bi-Partisan Encryption Working Group Releases Roadmap On April 21, the U.S. House of Representatives (House) Bi-Partisan Encryption Working Group (Working Group) announced its roadmap following a meeting…
Minding Your Business
Need to Decrypt an iPhone? There’s an “Act” for That
A pair of recent cases pitted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against Apple, Inc. (Apple) in a Herculean struggle between asserted interests in national security and privacy. In both…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
DOJ v. Apple: Key Lessons for Employers
By Christopher Burkett, Susan MacMillan
The U.S. Justice Department announced last week that they were dropping their court action in which they sought to compel Apple to create a backdoor to override their existing iPhone…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: FCC votes, Privacy, and some April Fools
Wrapping up a busy—but sunny—week here at LexBlog. Plenty of great headlines coming out of our blog network. Over on LXBN I've got a piece up examining the wake of…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Now that FBI v. Apple is over, let’s really talk encryption
Almost a week after the FBI has dropped its suit against Apple to compel them to help them into the phone, and the dust is finally starting to settle on…
The Right Coast
The Government Didn’t Need Apple’s Help Unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone After All
The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc. mandated by Court s Order Compelling Apple…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
More on Apple’s possible First Amendment defense to the federal government’s attempts to unlock Apple devices.
More on Apple’s possible First Amendment defense to the federal government’s attempts to unlock Apple devices.
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
#ABATechShow – Encryption is Now Cheap and Simple and Ethically Required… Maybe
Encryption isn't just something hackers need to worry about. Lawyers should be concerned about it as well. Why's that? Well just ask John Simek and David Ries, who took the…
Password Protected
Attacking Encryption in the EU − What Could Be the Consequences for Privacy?
As one might expect, the Paris attacks have provided to EU member states and politicians the opportunity to strengthen the legal means of surveillance available to intelligence services and enforcement…