Encryption
Apple, CALEA and Law Enforcement
Matthew D. Green Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 7:00 AM
Apple’s legal obligations under CALEA challenge the argument that Apple could be doing more to help law enforcement.
Latest in Apple
Encryption
Is Apple Fully Complying With iMessage and FaceTime-Related Court Orders?
Nicholas Weaver Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 9:00 AM
FaceTime and iMessage have a cryptographic architecture that enables prospective wiretapping, but there is reason to believe that Apple not is fully complying with lawful pen-register and trap-and-trace court orders.
Podcasts
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Discussion with Michael Sulmeyer and Nicholas Weaver
Stewart Baker Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 1:53 PM
With the Texas church shooting having put encryption back on the front burner, I claim that Apple is becoming the FBI's crazy ex-girlfriend in Silicon Valley—and offer the tapes to prove it.
Encryption
iOS 11 May Complicate Border Searches
Nicholas Weaver Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 8:30 AM
Upgrades in Apple's forthcoming operating system update will complicate electronic search efforts at the border.
Readings
Alan Z. Rozenshtein on Digital Communications and Data Storage Companies as "Surveillance Intermediaries"
Kenneth Anderson Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 9:48 AM
Alan Z. Rozenshtein, a former contributor to Lawfare who now works at DOJ, has a new article forthcoming in Stanford Law Review, "Surveillance Intermediaries," analyzing the role of corporate actors such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and others, that dominate digital communications and data storage, situated between government and targets of surveillance.
Cybersecurity
Exceptional Access: The Devil is in the Details
Susan Landau Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 7:04 AM
Author’s note: Despite appearing under my byline, this post actually represents the work of a larger group. The “Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity” group includes Harold Abelson, Ross Anderson, Steven M.
The Cyberlaw Podcast
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Ironman meets the Antideficiency Act
Stewart Baker Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 11:32 AM
In the news round-up, Alan Cohn and I dive deep on the Government Oversight Committee's report on the OPM Hack, the ongoing fight between Apple and the EU, and the latest PlayPen decision in United States v. Torres.
Cybersecurity
Securing Phones and Securing Us (Revisited)
Susan Landau Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 9:05 AM
A researcher has now demonstrated it is possible to unlock an iPhone using a technique the FBI claimed would not work in the San Bernardino controversy earlier this year, further strengthening the case against legislative mandates on encryption.
Cybersecurity
Apple's Cloud Key Vault and Secure Law Enforcement Access
Matt Tait Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 10:09 AM
Continuing the conversation on Apple's Cloud Key Vault and its significance to the broader question of secure lawful access.
Cybersecurity
Apple's Cloud Key Vault, Exceptional Access, and False Equivalences
Michael A. Specter Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 11:06 AM
We should dispel arguments that the kinds of backups Apple detailed in a recent Blackhat talk are equivalent to law enforcement exceptional access schemes.