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Linked – Volkswagen Created A ‘Backdoor’ To Basically All Its Cars… And Now Hackers Can Open All Of Them | Techdirt
In other words, VW created a backdoor, and assumed that it would remain hidden. But it did not. Backdoors are bad, and anyone who thinks they should be required to allow law enforcement access should be forced to take personal responsibility when something like this happens. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/10515435227/volkswagen-created-backdoor-to-basically-all-cars-now-hackers-can-open-all-them.shtml Follow these topics: Links, Tech
E-Discovery Round Table
I found it interesting how much of this session was absolutely dominated by cost concerns. This is obviously a hot-button issue. That’s totally understandable. The cost of collecting, processing, searching and reviewing gigs and gigs of data is huge, and not only that, it’s a cost that you’re going to have to pass on to…
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How to Change the Way Your Firm Thinks about eDiscovery tags:LitSupport MM 3 Ridiculous Myths about Cybersecurity tags:MM Security Survey of Corporate Counsel Finds that there is Much Room for Improvement in Handling eDiscovery tags:LitSupport MM Would You Give Up Your Private Information for a Cookie? tags:MM Security Posted from Diigo. The rest of my…
Linked: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Even If You Are a Professional
I know this is about the mental health field, but let’s be honest, replace the words “mental health” below with your own field, would you feel any differently? I thought about going to the hospital because I knew I was not well. But I was conflicted. What if I ran into a co-worker? Or worse,…
Linked: 3 eDiscovery Lessons From COVID-19 Shutdown
The first line of the first lesson is one I totally agree with: “It’s said that major events don’t so much change our culture as they simply reveal what was already there.” I feel like Jeff should have reminded himself of that first line when writing the rest of it, because yes, it’s true that…
Linked: Facebook Cooperated With Law Enforcement in an Abortion Case. Did it Have a Choice?
However, the article below goes on to note that Meta has options. It could create hurdles, it could delay and fight it. Neither of those would likely make much difference in the grand scheme.
Eva Galperin from the EFF, though, offers the best solution. She points out that tech companies can’t turn over what they don’t have.
It’s the collection. It’s the lack of end-to-end encryption. It’s all the information they keep about all of us forever. If they didn’t do that, it wouldn’t exist to be turned over.
They made a choice, and anyone using their services to communicate private information made theirs.
