Summary: In our 289th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Brad Smith, president of Microsoft and co-author of the new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age, with Carol Ann Browne. Stewart is also joined by David Kris (@davidkris), Nate Jones (@n8jones81), and Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) to discuss: Congress kicked the Section-215-reauthorization can down the road to March 15, 2020.; China has new rules for vulnerability disclosure and information sharing.; China is reliant on US-origin AI frameworks, which could be a liability.; Iran’s APT33 is targeting industrial control systems.; The United Nations gave up on Internet Freedom by deciding to adopt Russia’s “cybercrime” resolution.; Brian Krebs offered insight on why Russia tried so hard to prevent the extradition of a hacker from Israel.; A suspected drug dealer was accused of theft for removing a police GPS tracker from his vehicle.; And more! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
