WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
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A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Choose Privacy Week runs from May 1-7. Seems like a good time for a look at recent developments in how US Intelligence Agencies are operating when it comes to the collection of metadata on the calls and Internet activities of all of us. Congress is wondering, too.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The recently introduced “Compliance with Court Orders Act” in the US Senate appears to try to address the question of when and how private technologies companies should be made to aid the government in getting access to encrypted information. Unfortunately, as one encryption expert put it after reviewing the bill, “This is the most braindead piece of legislation I’ve ever seen.” It seems technological expertise does not run high in the US Congress, a real problem in the the highly technological digital age we live in.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, a little pot pouri of tech related topics that might have slipped by as we navigate our increasingly information saturated world.
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.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
So the FBI vs Apple case has ended “not with a bang but a whimper.” But is the argument in the case really ended? Nope, here’s why. On another front, there is still another hack into car systems recently reported. This one is a doozy, and it affects a lot of car makers and models.
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.
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.
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.