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Host Brian Wesolowski talks with CDT experts about two very prominent topics right now – the existence and protection of our "digital legacies," as well as a Supreme Court case dealing with threats and the perception of threats online.

Ali Lange and Emma Llansó join in to share their expertise and simplify these discussions.



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Digital Legacy, Online Threats – Talking Tech w/ Ali Lange & Emma Llansó

Host Brian Wesolowski first chats with Joe Hall about law enforcement's history with encryption, "the Golden Age of Surveillance," HTTPS, and infrastructural encryption. 

Then Michelle De Mooy joins to talk about yoga at CDT, workplace wellness programs and incentives, the Affordable Care Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, personal health info, and wearables. Did we mention Brian's muscles?

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"Golden Age of Surveillance," Yoga @ CDT – Talking Tech w/ Joe Hall & Michelle De Mooy

Host Brian Wesolowski first chats with Harley Geiger about his vision of a pizza delivery drone (and other potential positive uses of drones), their unique perspective and thus privacy implications, potential rules and regulations and where they should come from, and more.

Then Jens-Henrik Jeppesen joins from the other side of the pond to talk about "what the heck is going on in Europe?" – the Digital Single Market strategy, the RTBF ("right to be forgotten"), online hosting liability, and more.

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Pizza Delivery Drones, EU's Internet Changes – Talking Tech w/ Harley Geiger & Jens-Henrik Jeppesen

Host Brian Wesolowski first chats with Alex Bradshaw about the changes technology has had on classrooms, how #edtech impacts students' privacy concerns, what kind of federal rules and standards are needed moving forward, and more.

Then Greg Norcie steps up to give us some best practices for solidifying your password security (and explains why we've often talked about creating them the wrong way). He also talks about hash[browns?], security questions, and in all takes a technical (but simple) perspective to describe the inner-workings of the basic privacy systems we interact with daily.  

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FERPA Needs a New Name, Your Mother's Maiden Name – Talking Tech w/ Alex Bradshaw & Greg Norcie

Host Brian Wesolowski first chats with Greg Nojeim on why CISA (the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) is more surveillance than security, why all info-sharing isn't bad (put that hammer away!), how attribution makes cyber countermeasures dangerous, and more.

Then Erik Stallman joins to break down for us some copyright issues – particularly, how the latest example of "white hat" security research [driverless car crash, anyone?] designed to help us better understand and secure ourselves is technically breaking the law.

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Nurse? Info-Sharing Scalpel, Driverless Hackable Cars – Talking Tech W/ Greg Nojeim & Erik Stallman



Host Brian Wesolowski starts off chatting with our Privacy & Technology Fellow, Katie McInnis, who spearheaded our recent comments around cross-device tracking. She breaks down this new advertising phenomenon, explaining the difference between deterministic and probabilistic tracking, discussing accuracy rates, and honing in on one new innovation in particular – audio beacons.

Then Nuala sits down with Brian to reflect on her immense experience and knowledge deal with government access to data & cross-border data flows, and share her unique perspective on the EU/US Safe Harbor Agreement. Cue conversation about "creaky political vehicles" ;)

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Crossing Devices, Crossing Borders – Talking Tech w/ Katie McInnis & Nuala O'Connor

Josh sits down with Jadzia Butler, Privacy Surveillance & Security Fellow for CDT. Jadzia and Josh delve into the the balance between government security, the needs of corporations and individual rights.
Read the transcript: https://www.ipvanish.com/podcasts/

Technology and Law: The Transition Between Physical & Digital - Jadzia Butler, CDT

Released on December 8, Episode I features a conversation between host Kirby Ferguson and journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow as they examine where copyright is working, where it isn’t, and what changes are needed to catch up to the technological innovations of the digital age.

What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Copyright

GPD's Executive Director interviews Stefaan Verhulst, co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory at New York University.

EPISODE 1: Is policymaking stuck in the 19th century? (S1)

GPD's executive director Charles Bradley talks to Emma Llansó, Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) about the role of intermediaries like Facebook and Twitter, and how growing pressure on them to remove user content might affect our freedom of expression.

EPISODE 6: Who gets to decide when online content should be removed? (S1)

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Crossing Devices, Crossing Borders – Talking Tech w/ Katie McInnis & Nuala O'Connor

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