This semester, we’re starting an exciting new class, aimed not at lawyers, but undergraduate CS students here at Harvard. It’s called CS42: Controlling Cyberspace – and we’re sharing the syllabus online. Anything big we’re missing? Description: Why does the Internet environment exist in the form it does today? What does its future, and the future [...] Read more »
The Sandbox and the Playground: Changing Rules for Software and Developers
During the 1990s, PCs ran whatever software was installed on them. Users bought software (not yet called apps) from physical stores or got a copy from their friends. They stuck the CD in the drive, and went through the installation process, or dragged the application to their application folder. The code was “signed” by the [...] Read more »
Security researchers give BlackBerry PlayBook pass mark
The new BlackBerry PlayBook runs the QNX operating system leading analysts to find a higher level of security for the PlayBook.Read | Permalink Read more »
Privacy in Peril: How We are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience Reviews
Privacy in Peril: How We are Sacrificing a Fundamental Appropriate in Exchange for Security and Convenience We are all accustomed to privacy horror stories, like identity theft, where stored personal information gets misdirected for criminal purposes. But we need to worry much less about the illegal uses of individual information, James B. Rule argues, and [...] Read more »
The Privacy Handbook: Proven Countermeasures for Combating Threats to Privacy, Security, and Personal Freedom
The Privacy Handbook: Proven Countermeasures for Combating Threats to Privacy, Security, and Personal Freedom “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase safety,” stated Benjamin Franklin in 1759, “deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Sadly, in today’s climate of fear, the government, the media and a lot of other American citizens see points differently. If [...] Read more »
Privacy in Peril: How We Are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience Reviews
Privacy in Peril: How We Are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience This provocative book offers a probing account of the erosion of privacy in American society, that shows that we are typically unwitting, if willing, accomplices, supplying individual information in exchange for security or convenience. The author reveals that in [...] Read more »
New Deloitte Report Examines Potential Risks of Privacy and Security Breaches of Personal Health Data
New Deloitte Report Examines Possible Risks of Privacy and Security Breaches of Personal Health Data WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A new report, “Privacy and Security in Wellness Care: A Fresh Look,” released right now by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, identifies the risks linked with privacy and security breaches in well being [...] Read more »
Wind Turbines Disturb Radar Signals Integral to Security
Do wind turbines pose a credible threat to national security, the US allocates $50 million toward offshore wind research and NASCAR ready ... tags: advanced_glass_industries disturbing doe doi doppler_effect energy energy_audit Recent Posts tagged ra... Read more »
Wind Turbines Disturb Radar Signals Integral to Security
Do wind turbines pose a credible threat to national security, the US allocates $50 million toward offshore wind research and NASCAR ready ... tags: wind_turbines radar homeland_security doppler_effect turbines disturbing signal Recent Posts tagged na... Read more »
Wind Turbines Disturb Radar Signals Integral to Security
Do wind turbines pose a credible threat to national security, the US allocates $50 million toward offshore wind research and NASCAR ready ... tags: wind_turbines radar homeland_security doppler_effect turbines disturbing signal Recent Posts tagged na... Read more »
