SXSW Interactive adds panel on Apple encryption issue because yeah, of course
Apple Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bruce Sewell open his iPad as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 1, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy.” Credit: Jose Luis Magana / ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Friday, South by Southwest added a few more featured speakers to its Interactive lineup as well as a panel related to the recent face off between Apple and the FBI over iPhone encryption.
The panel, called, "It's Not About an iPhone: Fixing the Encryption Mess" happens 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15 in Ballroom D of the Austin Convention Center and will be moderated by CNBC's Kayla Tausche.
Here’s the panel description:
The relationship between the government, tech, and corporations was broken well before the iPhone encryption fight. Working within a legal framework designed for telcos in the 20th century, the government has had to improvise in ways that antagonized its potential partners in the tech and corporate world.
We NEED this relationship to be fixed in a way that both allows the government to protect us, while also protecting our privacy, and keeping corporations safe from potential hackers. This means passing new laws, changing current government practices, and building trust across the spectrum.
In this session we'll hear from Obama campaign and admin advisor Michael Slaby, IBM's global threat head Charles Henderson, and corporate security expert Misha Govshteyn on how we got here and what it will take to fix this mess.
The fest also announced these new featured speakers:
- General John R. Allen – PwC Senior Strategic Advisor, retired U.S. Marine Corps General, and former Special Presidential Envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL shares his insights on the complexities of the ISIL struggle.
- Ana Marie Cox and Rachel Sklar – In the twilight of the white male majority, the founding editor of Wonkette and founder of TheLi.st discuss the lingering problem of the modern-day bro in presidential (and other) politics.
- Brian Solis – Author of the new best-seller, “X: The Experiences When Business Meets Design,” shares his insights about what makes an experience “an experience,” ways our favorite brands invest in experiences and how to become an experience architect in all you do.
