Category: counter-terrorism
20 years later, unchecked data collection is part of 9/11’s legacy
John Ackerly Contributor John Ackerly is co-founder and CEO of Virtru Corporation. Previously, he was an investor at Lindsay Goldberg LLC, served as a technology policy adviser at the White House and was the Policy and Strategic Planning director at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Almost every American adult remembers,…
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On encryption and counter-terrorism, EU lawmakers say they’ll work for “lawful” data access
EU lawmakers have just unveiled a wide-ranging counter terrorism agenda as they set out plans to beef up regional security. The plan touches on some key tech topics — the most keenly watched of which is encryption. Here, concerns have been mounting that the bloc could be moving toward legislating…
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