I’m Sorry, Siri, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
Alexa is listening to your every word. So is Siri. And Cortana. And Google. Or the HAL 9000 computer. Just say the magic words and the devices from Amazon, Apple,…
DetailsThree Factor Authentication and The Law – Compelled Decryption by Biometric
We all know what multi-factor authentication is. Typically, it involves two of three classes of authentication; (1) something you know (a password or passphrase); (2) something you have (a token…
DetailsThe Internet and Ebola
When Doctor Craig Spencer returned from West Africa to New York, having treated Ebola patients while wearing protective gear and being asymptomatic and non-infectious, he engaged in a rigorous course…
DetailsGone Catfishing: Police, Subterfuge and the Internet
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Cops lie. They are allowed to. In the course of conducting investigations, they can go undercover, pretend to be other people,…
DetailsIs the FBI Really “Going Dark?”
FBI Director Comey complained about the problem of people, “going dark,” in a speech before the Brookings Institution on October 16, 2014. He explained, “the law hasn’t kept pace with technology, and…
DetailsIn (Partial) Defense of the Comey Plan
A terrorist assaults the Canadian Parliament, and is shot dead. Police, fearing a Mumbai-style mass attack, seize the gunman’s cell phone to look for contacts, communications, text messages, or other…
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