21 Things I Learned About Bitcoin From Living On It For A Week - Forbes - 0 views
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Here's a few lessons Kashmir Hill learned after living on Bitcoin for a week in San Francisco. (I said in class it was New York City. Oops.)
Dickson Sheriff's Office pays ransom to cyber criminals - 0 views
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Here's the Tennessean story about the Dickson County sheriff department's encounter with ransomware.
Ransomware's stranger-than-fiction origin story. - UN/ HACKABLE - Medium - 0 views
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Some pre-Internet history of ransomware.
The government has protected your security and privacy better than you think - 3 views
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This article goes over America's security and privacy trade-off, especially after 9/11. The author argues that we have done an excellent job keeping a balance between these two approaches and, while actions such as the Paris attack may make us question if we should add more security, there is no reason to take away the privacy we have as since 9/11 we have been doing a good job of valuing both of these aspects.
Do governments need access to encrypted messages to thwart terrorism? | PBS NewsHour - 4 views
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PBS interview showing two sides of the security vs. privacy debate as it applies to the recent attacks in Paris, and all current issues of terrorism and a lack of information even with warrants. Gives a lot of good quotes from reputable sources that can be used to strengthen and support arguments.
Your Online Reputation Doesn't Take the Holidays Off - 0 views
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Whether it is on Facebook, Twitter or a text on your cell phone, many will see photos and videos flying through cyberspace over the holiday season. Maybe some of these pictures and videos won't be so joyous; this is when digital decisions may have been made in haste.
Civil Liberties and Law in the Era of Surveillance--Stanford Law - 0 views
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An article debating security/surveillance vs. privacy post-Snowden leaks, written fall 2014 for Stanford Lawyer Magazine
Balancing Act: National Security and Civil Liberties in Post-9/11 Era - 2 views
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Discusses some of the points we brought up in class and provides statistics, but data is from 2013 and could potentially show the effects of events in the past two years when combined with Abbey's post
After Paris, What We're Getting Wrong In 'Privacy vs. Security' Debate - 5 views
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This article discusses the faults in former deputy director of the CIA Michael Morell's statement that the use of encrypted apps made it difficult to stop terrorists. Claims that encrypted communications put them out of reach was false - there had been no change in al Qaeda tactics. Also, author Howard points out that there isn't a clear dichotomy between privacy and security.
NSA debate takes new turns after Paris attacks - 4 views
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Privacy advocates are pushing back against arguments from the intelligence community that more surveillance powers would have prevented the deadly Paris terrorist attacks. They're offended at what they see as naked opportunism from supporters of tough surveillance powers and argue the rhetoric - including suggestions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has blood on his hands - has gone too far.
Google Is Powering A New Search Engine That Digs Internet's Dirty Secrets - 1 views
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I think it's pretty interesting that one of the world's largest internet corporations is going to find the security vulnerabilities of our modems and routers. Will they just be helping us fix them, or using the errors for their own gain?
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I think it's pretty interesting that one of the world's largest internet corporations is going to find the security vulnerabilities of our modems and routers. Will they just be helping us fix them, or using the errors for their own gain?
NSA spying from a constitutional pov - 0 views
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The article takes a look at why NSA spying is inherently illegal, and substantiates the claim with official documents. Great for pro-privacy arguments, but also a good counterargument to address for pro-security.
Surveillance Under the Patriot Act - 3 views
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Focusing on the consequences of the Patriot Act and how the US government upped the security on civilians after 9/11, this is a really nice graphic that gives a scary visual on the expanded powers of the national government in the name of security. It's from the ACLU, so this gives a pretty good perspective of, specifically, curbed liberties.
Schneier on Security - 1 views
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A well-reasoned argument from our favorite security blogger, with plenty of links to help us in writing our final paper. It is also an interesting article as it talks about the debate before Snowden, Wikileaks, and other whistleblowers.
What Americans think about NSA surveillance, national security and privacy - 4 views
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This is the results of a Pew Research survey in May (of 2015) regarding Americans' opinions of the NSA, surveillance, national security, etc. This could be useful in the security vs. privacy paper, to look at the public opinion on these issues.
From Technology-Driven Society to Socially Oriented Technology: The Future of Informati... - 2 views
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This is a PDF file of a chapter taken from a book that contains essays on many issues that arise from "big data." This chapter specifically pertains to our privacy versus security debate because it provides reasons as to why bulk data collection does not work as well as alternative options to mass surveillance.
Paris attacks should be 'wake up call' for more digital surveillance, CIA director says - 2 views
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This article talks about the want for greater government surveillance after the Paris attacks. It mentions that since Edward Snowden released information about the NSA's digital surveillance power, a lot of measures have been taken to restrict government surveillance. However, since the Paris attacks, the US government is pushing to bring that power back.
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.
Discussion of Coding/Hacking Rights and Issues - 1 views
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We read this for a paper in another class, thought it was interesting!
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