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The militarization of the Internet
Professeur at Cardozo Law School in New York City, Susan Crawford was, until December 2009 President Barack Obama’s Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. __ Someone needs to...
View ArticleThe Italian cyber-police is watching you, on Facebook
On October 28 the well-respected current affairs magazine L’espresso disclosed an ominous scoop: the police were to be allowed to spy on every Italian Facebook user without a preventive warrant. The...
View ArticleHacker Attacks on South Korean executive on the Rise
Cyber attacks targeting the computers of Cheong Wa Dae officials are increasing as the G20 Summit in Seoul approaches, officials say. Even the home computers of senior Cheong Wa Dae officials have...
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Security in 2020
There’s really no such thing as security in the abstract. Security can only be defined in relation to something else. You’re secure from something or against something. In the next 10 years, the...
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How France placed the Internet on permanent surveillance
Unless otherwise noted, all the links are French. Imagine a democracy where the law demands the transportation department install cameras everywhere and keeps a record of activities for one year “just...
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Over the Firewall and into the Fire
The Freedom House report Leaping over the Firewall is a new report designed to help users understand, evaluate and select a tool or series of tools for security, privacy, anonymity, and most...
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Spy Agencies Turn to the Web In Search For Codebreakers
It is unlikely that James Bond would have been recruited this way. The perks of this job do not include driving an Aston Martin, sipping martinis in exotic locations or saving the UK by shooting a...
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Disbelief As EU Committee Proposes ‘Draconian’ Anti-Hacking Law
“Counter-productive”, “stupid”, a “danger to Europe”: the computer security experts interviewed by OWNI did not mince their words when describing the proposed EU directive that aims to crack down on...
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The Cyber Cold War
The United States is not giving up control of the Internet. Or more precisely, the management of some of the net’s core functions, such as the management of the root file, coordinated within ‘Made in...
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