Summary: In our 159th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Jamil Jaffer, Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov, and Maury Shenk discuss: New measures are planned to allow cops and spooks in the European Union to crack open encrypted apps and services, according to the bloc's Justice Commissioner; Trump administration to talk encryption challenges with EU; EU will ask Privacy Shield participants for US surveillance data; Wendy's facing two-front battle over data breaches; Facebook loses its effort to block bulk search warrants; LabMD 1st Amendment claims against FTC survive dismissal; Judge won't halt Massachusetts ban on secret recordings; Germany sees growing cyber threat but lacks legal means to retaliate; India's government has been scanning the irises and fingerprints of its citizens into a massive database. Our guest interview is with Nicholas Weaver, Senior Researcher of Networking and Security at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley and a lecturer in cyber security at UC Berkeley. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
