Technology, AI, and Cybersecurity
Data breaches, cyberattacks, FTC unfairness, brain-scan evidence, NFT royalties, crypto, and the digital dollar.
6:51Brief
Defining a "Data Breach"
Why most security incidents are not legal breaches, and how data type, industry, and exfiltration matter.
6:06Brief
FTC Act Section 5 Unfairness Balancing Test
Why a leading privacy scholar argues the FTC's unfairness test lets substantial consumer harm slip through.
4:54Brief
Can the Police Require a Brain Scan?
Cognitive liberty, the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, and why today's fMRI needs a cooperative subject.
8:34Brief
How Do NFT Royalties Work?
Smart contracts, platform terms, and the legal limits of resale royalties for NFT creators
4:27Brief
When Is Cryptocurrency a Commodity?
Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo on why Bitcoin and Ether are treated as commodities, not securities.
10:50Brief
Digital Dollar Privacy & Power
Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo on CBDCs, the dollar's global role, and digital money privacy.
5:11Brief
Is a Cyber Attack a Use of Force Under International Law?
Why the effects of a cyber operation, not the intrusion itself, decide whether it is a use of force.
Go deeper: the full interviews
The full-length conversations behind this series.
- Regulating Cryptocurrency after FTXChairman Christopher Giancarlo
- Personal Data and Information PrivacyProf. Neil Richards
- Combatting Crypto Money LaunderingAlex Zerden
- Memory Evidence: Examining the BrainProf. Emily Murphy
- Cyberattacks and the Use of ForceProf. Duncan Hollis
- The Criminal's Brain - Neuroscience in the CourtroomProf. Deborah Denno