The Cyberlaw Podcast is a weekly interview series and discussion on the latest events in technology, security, privacy, and government. The podcast is hosted by Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Stewart Baker, who is joined by a wide variety of guests including academics, politicians, authors, and reporters. You can subscribe to the podcast here. It is also available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
Latest in The Cyberlaw Podcast
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.
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.
The Biden administration’s effort to counter ransomware may not be especially creative, but it is comprehensive.
We begin the episode with the Biden administration’s options for responding to continued Russian ransomware outrages. Dmitri Alperovitch reprises his advice in the Washington Post that Putin will only respond to strength and U.S. pressure. I agree but raise the question whether the U.S.
We begin the episode with a review of the massive
This episode offers an economical overview of the six antitrust reform bills reported out of the House Judiciary Committee last week.
We could not avoid President Biden’s trip to Europe this week. He made news (but only a little progress) on cybersecurity at every stop.
This week the Business Software Alliance issued a new report
The Biden administration is pissing away one of the United States’ most important counterterrorism intelligence programs.
We don’t get far into my interview with the authors of a widely publicized Ransomware Task Force report, before I object that most of its recommendations are “boring” procedural steps that don’t directly address the ransomware scourge.