Three Black Hat USA 2014 Briefings center on politics — big-picture stuff like real-world effects of NSA’s surveillance, legal risks facing security researchers, and the freedom of the Internet itself. In Saving Cyberspace, Jason Healey will explore a defensive strategy that could give the open Internet’s defenders the advantage. In The Big Chill: Legal Landmines That Stifle Security Research and How to Disarm Them, two veteran digital rights lawyers and the lead strategist of a major security firm will use a game show format to share examples of legally risky research and ask: “Computer crime or legitimate research?””]
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