This episode options Nick Weaver, Dave Aitel and I exploring a Professional Publica story (and forthcoming e-book) on the FBI’s difficulties in in search of to change into the nation’s principal useful resource on cybercrime and cybersecurity. We find yourself concluding that, for all its strengths, the bureau’s structural weaknesses in addressing cybersecurity are going to thwart its ambitions for years to return.
Talking of being thwarted for years, the trouble to decouple U.S. and Chinese language tech sectors continues apace. Nick and Dave weigh in on the most recent (rumored) initiative—chopping off China’s entry to U.S. quantum computing and AI expertise — and what that would imply for U.S. semiconductor firms, amongst others.
We couldn’t steer clear of the Elon Musk-Twitter story, which briefly had a nationwide safety dimension, as a consequence of information that the Biden Administration was contemplating a Committee on Overseas Funding in the US (CFIUS) overview of the deal. That is not a loopy thought, however in the long run, we’re skeptical that it’ll quantity to a lot.
Dave and I alternate views on whether or not it’s logical for the Administration to pursue cybersecurity labels for affordable Web of issues (IoT) units. He thinks it makes much less sense than I do, however we agree that the tip end result might be to crowd the most cost effective rivals from the market.
Nick and I focus on the information that Kanye West is shopping for Parler. Neither of us thinks a lot of the deal as an funding.
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