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no bull and the aftermath.

I think today right now we've seen a growing trend of dependence of government on providers

and moving away from the old days of more self-help surveillance.

And that's principally because you have to get the data from the providers.

Packet switch networks make it very tough to intercept in the middle because the packets

dispersion only converge at the end and the profusion of providers and protocols and

platforms also make it increasingly difficult for the government.

So you see in some legal innovations like 702 of the Pfizer Amendments Act only applies

when the government is collecting with the assistance of a provider.

So it's clearly more and more important that the government be able to get the information

from providers and there's a greater interdependence between them.

I'm Mikhail Afogal and this is the LawFair podcast August 7, 2018.

Encryption usually takes center stage in debates over digital evidence and the sensitivities

around the issue often halt discussions before reaching practical solutions.

But on July 25th the Center for Strategic and International Studies unveiled a new report

detailing solutions to other less fraught challenges that digital evidence presents to federal

law enforcement.

The launch event featured a panel discussion moderated by Jen Daskel with an ensemble

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