Increasingly, we are incorporating into our daily lives devices and services that collect metadata: from our smartphones, to our web browsers, to an ever-expanding assortment of IoT-connected appliances, and even our cars. All of these generate…
Unless a few key Republicans revolt against President Trump and bring the rest of the caucus with them, this situation won’t change. Thus the president has figured out that congressional enforcement mechanisms are mostly notional, says Paul…
Amazon Web Services presenter at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2018 Cybersecurity Awareness Day. Paul Rosenzweig observed recently on Lawfare that there are “no universally recognized, generally accepted metrics by which to…
Information gleaned from at-home ancestry DNA kits can help foes better tailor their weapons, the Navy’s top officer said last week.While DNA information can be misused and should be treated with personal information, it’s unlikely that enemies would…
BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Docket No. FTC-2018-0098 COMMENTS OF THE R STREET INSTITUTE Last November, The R Street Institute[1] (“R Street”) filed comments with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration[2] in response to…
How do we quantify safety and security? That fundamental question underlies almost all modern national security questions (and, naturally, most commercial questions about risk as well). The cost-benefit analysis inherent in measuring safety and…
