Notes from the Electronic Cottage 4/7/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and not just on homes and small businesses. Health care organizations and hospitals have been getting hit lately as well. And ransomware attacks, while very incapacitating for a short period, are not the only kinds of cyber dangers hospitals have to prepare for. Unfortunately, many today are unprepared, and the consequences could be serious for patients.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/24/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The FBI’s effort to force Apple in court to write a new operating system to weaken Apple’s encryption on the iPhone has drawn a lot of attention about legal and constitutional issues. But there are other far-reaching implications if Apple is ultimately force to do that. Today let’s look at some of the political, economic, and civil liberties implications of this case.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/17/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The Apple vs FBI encryption case goes on, and will for some time. A former National Security Advisor has said that the FBI is looking for a precedent in the Apple case. What does that mean? And what could the implications be if the FBI succeeds in having Apple gut its security system under government order? Let’s speculate a bit.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/10/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

By now, pretty much everyone has heard about the FBI’s attempt to get Apple to write a new operating system to make it possible for the FBI to access whatever is on Syed Farook’s iPhone. There has been a lot of bluster and blather by politicians and self-proclaimed pundits. There’s a lot at stake in this case (really these cases – another has arisen in NY), so maybe it would be wise to begin with what we know as facts, as opposed to what we’ve heard as speculation.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/3/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

There is a lot going on centered around encryption these days, and a lot of it misses the real point. While court cases involving the FBI trying to force Apple to essentially write a custom operating system so the government can get into an encrypted iPhone have gotten most of the press coverage, several reports were released in Feb 2016 by people who really understand encryption, both here and in Europe, that didn’t get nearly as much coverage in the press. In this episode, let’s hear what people who actually know what they are talking about have to say about encryption.

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