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Encryption Law
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Librarians (Including This One) Back Apple’s Fight Against FBI’s Hacking Request
By Greg Lambert
Image [cc] Josh Bancroft This morning, the American Library Association came out against the FBI's attempt to order Apple to unlock an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooters, who…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Apple ordered by federal magistrate judge to assist with unlocking of San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
Apple was ordered by a federal magistrate judge to provide "reasonable technical assistance" to federal investigators to unlock the password and access the encrypted data on a specific iPhone 5c…
The Right Coast
FBI can’t figure out how to unlock encrypted phone in San Bernardino investigation – LA Times
FBI technicians have been unable to unlock encrypted data on a cellphone that belonged to the terrorist couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino on Dec. 2, the FBI…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
Trans-Pacific Partnership Takes On E-Commerce, Cybersecurity and Encryption
By Rajesh De, Timothy J. Keeler
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP) was signed on February 4, 2016. The TPP concerns a wide range of issues and has been negotiated over several years by the United…
Inside Privacy
Report Questions Use of “Going Dark” to Describe Encryption Trends
A report released yesterday by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University addresses the recent debate over the use of encryption in communications technologies and its impact…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Backdoors to encryption protocols vs. cybersecurity: weighing priorities in the U.S. and abroad
With the revelations that the Paris and San Bernardino attackers used encrypted communications to recruit, communicate and plan their attacks, the U.S. government is again pushing the tech industry to…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: FMLA, Encryption, Star Trek Replicator
The FMLA and encryption are both well-represented in today's top 10—with a pair of strong posts on each. Also, very good to see Rob Radcliff back in here with an…
Byte Back
Why encryption is less secure than you think
All encryption tools are not created equal. Just ask the folks at Microsoft, who have recently demonstrated that encrypted Electronic Medical Record databases can leak information. Turns out that CryptDB,…
Data Counsel
Encryption: The Battle Between Privacy and Counterterrorism
For privacy advocates, it is universally accepted that encryption is a very good thing. After all, encrypted data is deemed a safe harbor under HIPAA and state breach-notification laws, providing…
The Right Coast
Manhattan DA: Smartphone Encryption Foiled 120 Criminal Cases – The Daily Beast
These and other events have transformed the debate over end-to-end encryption, which until recently seemed the wave of the future. Last year, Apple (iPhone) and Google (Android) began encrypting all…