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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Aegis Paper Series
Encryption Substitutes
Andrew Keane Woods Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 11:00 AM
Just as law enforcement can pursue a number of different alternatives to mandating encryption backdoors, so too can privacy advocates take steps beyond encrypting their data to ensure their privacy.
Going Dark
No, the Laws of Australia Don’t Override the Laws of Mathematics
John Villasenor Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 10:18 AM
According to published news reports, the Australian government plans to “introduce draft legislation that will attempt to force technology companies to break into end-to-end encrypted messages.”
Encryption
Ending The Endless Crypto Debate: Three Things We Should Be Arguing About Instead of Encryption Backdoors
Kevin Bankston Wed, Jun 14, 2017, 1:00 PM
Recently I participated in a fascinating conference at Georgia Tech entitled “Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives.” A range of experts grappled with the international aspects of an increasingly pressing question: how can we ensure that law enforcement is able to obtain enough information to do its job in the twenty-first century, while also ensuring that digital security and human rights are protected?
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.
Aegis Paper Series
The Encryption Debate in Europe
Daniel Severson Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 9:00 AM
This Aegis Series paper reviews the most recent encryption-related legislation in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland.
Aegis Paper Series
The Elephant in the Room: Addressing Child Exploitation and Going Dark
Susan Hennessey Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 7:30 AM
The public debate over encryption and Going Dark insufficiently addresses the issue of child sexual exploitation.
Aegis Paper Series
International Spillover Effects
Jennifer Daskal Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 8:30 AM
Jennifer Daskal examines the potential international side effects of the policies proposed in the encryption debate and highlights the need to proceed with care, and for centralized, executive-level review and monitoring of sought-after decryption orders, so as to better account for these effects.
Aegis Paper Series
China, Encryption Policy, and International Influence
Adam Segal Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 9:00 AM
Adam Segal examines the international pressures exerted on and by Chinese encryption laws and regulations.
Cybersecurity
Lawful Hacking and the Case for a Strategic Approach to “Going Dark”
Susan Hennessey Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 12:01 PM
In a recently released Brookings policy brief, I reccomend the next administration take an approach to “Going Dark” that strategically embraces lawful hacking as a possible alternative to legislation mandates.