Summary: In our 146th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Stephanie Roy, Michael Vatis, and Maury Shenk discuss: Does the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act really make Trump’s plan to rely on military cybersecurity illegal?; St. Jude, FDA issues security update for device at center of short-selling; FCC privacy news; Europe roundup: EU says US explanation of Yahoo email scanning not enough, Germany's plan to fight fake news; If a Best Buy technician is a paid FBI informant, are his computer searches legal?; and Obama Administration releases long awaited new Executive Order 12333 rules on sharing of raw signals intelligence information within intelligence community. For live audience feedback, Gus Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications at the Nebraska College of Law, joins us to discuss the FTC and CSF from last week. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
