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.
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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.
Going Dark
Apple at BlackHat: Reopening the "Going Dark" Debate
Matt Tait Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 9:42 AM
Just over a week ago, at the BlackHat hacker convention in Las Vegas, Ivan Krstić, Head of Security Engineering and Architecture at Apple gave a talk entitled “Behind the scenes of iOS Security,” the slides of which are available here.
Privacy
TouchID and the Exigent iPhone
Nicholas Weaver Mon, Jul 25, 2016, 3:12 PM
Why Riley v California endorses warrantless iPhone searches.
The Cyberlaw Podcast
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: ICCE Panel on Encryption and National Security
Stewart Baker Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 2:06 PM
No holds are barred as a freewheeling panel of cryptographers and security pros duke it out with Stewart Baker and the Justice Department over going dark, exceptional access, and the Apple-FBI conflict.