Episode 280 • • 1:36:59 - 1:40:32
280: Husslin' for Humanity
HBGary Email Leak and FBI Encryption Backdoors
A massive leak of emails from security firm HBGary has exposed the company's tactics for infiltrating social networks and manipulating online personas. Simultaneously, FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni has expressed concerns about the "going dark" problem caused by encrypted communications. The FBI is pushing for mandatory backdoors in digital services like Skype to ensure government access to plain-text data.