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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Nick Bilton, Ross Ulbricht, and the Silk Road Bust

Stewart Baker   Tue, May 29, 2018, 6:25 PM

This episode features a conversation with Nick Bilton, author of “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road.” His book, out in paperback, tells the story of Ross Ulbricht, the libertarian who created the hidden Tor site known as the Silk Road and rode it to massive wealth, great temptation, and, finally, a life sentence.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Every President Gets the White House He Deserves

Stewart Baker   Tue, May 15, 2018, 9:49 AM

The Cyberlaw Podcast has now succumbed to an irresistible media trend: We begin the episode with a tweet from President Trump. In this one, he promises to get ZTE “back in business, fast.” Paul Rosenzweig and Nick Weaver provide the backstory on and a large helping of dismay at the president’s approach to the issue.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Interview with Nicholas Schmidle

Stewart Baker   Wed, May 9, 2018, 6:00 AM

Our interview is with Nick Schmidle, staff writer for the New Yorker. His report on cybersecurity work that goes to the edge of the law and beyond turns up some previously unreported material, including the tale of Shawn Carpenter, a cybersecurity researcher with a talent for showing up in all the best hackback stories.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Dumbest Privacy Issue of the Decade?

Stewart Baker   Tue, May 1, 2018, 9:50 AM

This episode features a new technology-and-privacy flap. The police finally catch a sadistic serial killer, and the press can’t stop whining about DNA privacy. I argue that DNA privacy is in the running for “Dumbest Privacy Issue of the Decade.” Because privacy is all about making sure the police can’t use your data to catch killers. Paul Rosenzweig refuses to take the other side of that debate.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: News Roundup

Stewart Baker   Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 11:20 AM

In a news-only episode, we get a cook’s tour of the RSA conference from attendees Paul Rosenzweig, Jim Lewis, and Stewart Baker. Top trends we saw at RSA: more nations attacking cybersecurity firms over attribution, more companies defending themselves outside their own networks ("hacking back"), and growing (if still modest) respect for the Department of Homeland Security's role in cybersecurity.

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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Interview with Michael Page

Stewart Baker   Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 10:41 AM

It was a cyberlaw-packed week in Washington. Congress jammed the CLOUD Act into the omnibus appropriations bill, and boom, just like that, it’s law. Say goodbye to the Microsoft Ireland case just argued in the Supreme Court. Maury Shenk offers a view of the Act from the United Kingdom, the most likely and maybe the only beneficiary of the Act. Biggest losers? For sure, the

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