Decrypting User-Side Encryption - A Tech/Policy Rising Discussion (I) p2
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Date: 2014-11-20

(Part 2)
Major companies are responding to growing public pressure by building greater privacy and security features into their products, like default client-side device encryption. Federal agencies are pushing back against this momentum by attempting to sway judgement in the court of public opinion, and by pressuring lawmakers to force legal obligations upon communication providers to provide perpetual intercept capabilities to legal entities. 

This discussion focused on a few central questions: What does it mean for technology to come surveillance-ready, and how can such a system be technically implemented? And in this brave new world, are there unforseen risks to users?

Joining us at this inaugural talk was Matt Blaze, Professor at University of Pennsylvania and one of the world’s leading researchers on cryptography, and Julian Sanchez, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and a policy expert on surveillance, privacy, and technology.