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The Cyberlaw Podcast: LinkedIn, Slinkedout: Microsoft and China

Stewart Baker Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 2:11 PM

Fresh from his launch of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies,

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: The Federal Government is Getting Creative in Regulating Technology

Stewart Baker Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 9:25 AM

The theme of this episode is a surge of creativity in the Biden administration as it searches for ways to regulate cybersecurity and cryptocurrency without new legislative authority.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Ransomware—Death and Diplomacy

Stewart Baker Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 1:53 PM

This is the meatiest episode in a long time, as Dmitri Alperovitch, Dave Aitel, and Mark MacCarthy go deep on the substance of a dozen stories or more.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: China, U.S. Tech Policy: 'Let Thousand Hands Throw Sand in the Gears.'

Stewart Baker Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:14 PM

Jordan Schneider rejoins us after too long an absence to summarize the tech policy coming out of Beijing today: Any Chinese government agency with a beef against a tech company has carte blanche to at least try it out. From Didi and others being told to stop taking on subscribers to an end to Western IPOs, to the forced contributions to common welfare, China’s beefs with Big Tech sound a lot like those in the West (well, except for the complaints about AI-enabled censorship).

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: What’s the Opposite of Facial Recognition? Ask Your 'Smart Toilet.'

Stewart Baker Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 1:33 PM

The district court has ruled in the lawsuit between Epic and Apple over access to the Apple app store. Apple is claiming victory and Epic is appealing. But Apple’s victory is not complete, and may have a worm at its core.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: We Can’t Run a Twelfth-Century Regime Without WhatsApp!

Stewart Baker Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 3:17 PM

Back at last from hiatus, the podcast finds a host of hot issues to cover. Matthew Heiman walks us through all the ways that China and the U.S. found to get in each other’s way on technology.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Fighting Ransomware By Pushing All the Buttons on the Dashboard

Stewart Baker Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 11:19 AM

The Biden administration’s effort to counter ransomware may not be especially creative, but it is comprehensive. The administration is pushing all the standard buttons on the interagency dashboard, including the usual high-level task force and a $10 million reward program (but not including hackback authority for victims, despite headlines suggesting otherwise).