Chatter: Hacker Movies with Scott Shapiro
This week, Shane sits down with law professor and hacker historian Scott Shapiro to rant, and rave, about hacker movies. From War Games to the Die Hard franchise to TV’s “Mr. Robot,” Hollywood has por...
29 Jun 20231h 11min
Talking Transparency With Meta’s Nick Clegg
How much transparency do big technology companies owe to their users? The question has become pointed in recent years as users, researchers, and politicians voice discontent about the absence of publi...
29 Jun 202347min
Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
The United States in the early 21st century has been involved in a so-called “forever” war involving military threats, interventions, occupations, counterinsurgencies, and the like. In the late 19th a...
28 Jun 20231h 4min
What the Hell Happened in Russia?
It was a heck of a weekend in Russia. There was an insurrection, kind of? A coup, sort of? A column of troops led by Wagner chieftain Yevgeny Prigozhin marched toward Moscow from Rostov-on-Don, threat...
27 Jun 202350min
Bulelani Jili on Africa’s Demand for and Adoption of Chinese Surveillance Technologies
Countries across Africa are procuring and employing surveillance tools from China. This trend is a product of China’s diplomatic strategy, its technological ambitions, and growing corporate power and ...
26 Jun 202343min
Rational Security: The “Even Stephan” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by UVA Law Professor Paul Stephan to talk through the close-calls in this week’s national security news, including:“Xi’s All That.” ...
25 Jun 20231h 15min
Lawfare Archive: Austin Evers and Mike Stern on Congressional Oversight
From July 9, 2019: President Trump has declared that he will fight “all the subpoenas” coming from Congress and has claimed “absolute immunity” for White House advisors. In doing so, he has brought th...
24 Jun 202351min
Large Language Negligence
As large language models like ChatGPT play an increasingly important role in our society, there will no doubt be examples of them causing harm. Lawsuits have already been filed in cases where LLMs hav...
23 Jun 202352min
