Our Internet Architecture team, Chief Technologist Jospeh Lorenzo Hall and Senior Technologist Maurice Turner, gave a press briefing to members of the media on September 10, 2018 about our election security efforts leading up to the midterm elections. The agenda included:
Discuss briefly the technical aspects of the election process;
Identify election cybersecurity best practices and infrastructure controls;
Outline CDT’s present & future work on potential remedies for system weaknesses; and
Detail new resources CDT is creating to assist election officials and reporters.
British Public Oppose Secret Surveillance Powers and Want Strong Protections for Encrypted Communications
CDT released nationally representative polling data revealing that a the British public are broadly concerned about the security, privacy, and free speech consequences of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted communications.
Changing Course to Get It Right: The Advisory Committee Reviews Its AI Evidence Rule
CDT is keeping a close eye on Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 707, which would govern when AI-generated information can be admitted as evidence in federal court — and many state courts where the federal rules are routinely adopted — without a human expert to explain it.
