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What happened when a parent fought for his kid's privacy at an all-Chromebook school - 1 views

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    This article, written by the one and only Cory Doctorow, highlights the privacy concerns associated with Google Chromebooks. More and more schools are issuing its students Chromebooks, which exfiltrate all data to Google data-centers and infringe one's privacy. This site also includes other interesting articles related to security and privacy.
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The Privacy Blog: Privacy, Security, Cryptography, and Anonymity - 4 views

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    This blog is all about privacy, as the title suggests. The majority of the blog posts use actual examples, such as the Ashley Madison hack, in order to reveal important cybersecurity lessons. One particular blog post explains how Passages, a secure virtual browser, is a lot like hand sanitizer for the web. I thought that this blog was particularly interesting because it had a lot of relevant, unique examples about privacy and cryptography in the modern world.
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Technology Turns to Tracking People Offline - 0 views

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    Some retailers use Euclid Analytics, which uses the Wi-Fi antennas inside stores to see how many people are coming into a store, how long they stay and even which aisles they walk. It does this by using signals from each smartphone that comes near the store.
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Murder Suspect Has Witness - A MetroCard - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This article details how MetroCard tracking is used in solving crimes, which is somewhat similar to the FastPass tracking in Little Brother.
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Zimmermann Telegram - illegal UK interception of US cable in 1917 to aid war effort - 1 views

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    This blog has information about military cryptography and privacy in general, including this post about the Zimmermann Telegram. Is it ethical to lie to an ally if it is in their best interest? What are the ethics behind spying on one's allies? Do ethics hinder one's ability to win a war, and if so, should ethics be disregarded in times of war? Another interesting post examines how Snowden should be viewed as a patriot, not a traitor. This made me question where one's loyalty should remain- to the government or to the people?
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A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering - 4 views

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    This is an interesting cryptography blog by Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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