In this episode, we examine a new battlefield: the cloud. The information we store in the cloud makes it especially vulnerable to attack. So, what it takes to create a safeguard against bad actors? We explore how a digital Geneva Convention could be the solution.

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This episode features:

Steven Petrow — a journalist who writes about digital life

Scott Charney — a security expert at Microsoft

Cyrus Farivar — editor at Ars Technica

Brad Smith — Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer

Heidi Tworek — professor who writes about the history of media and technology