"THE New South Wales Government is quietly compiling a mathematical map of almost every adult's face, sharing information that allows law enforcement to track people by CCTV. "
The District of Columbia recently invited hacking attempts to test their new e-voting system. Less than two days later the system had been completely compromised:
Candidates were altered
Votes were altered
Future votes could be redirected or blocked
Voting records were viewed
Secret voter IDs and PINs were viewed
The hackers also found evidence of in-progress attacks from Iran and China.
The New Scientist's technology section has a lot of useful information, and a lot of it very easy to understand too. A useful source for articles for discussion, the technology section also breaks down into smaller topics like Computer Crime, Robotics, and Weapons.
Some of the "Instant Expert" guides in here are well worth using in class, and some of the articles may also be suitable for Paper 2.
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An article about the use of biometrics to authenticate gun owners. Weapons come with fingerprint sensors built in and will fire only for the authorised owner. The article also covers some of the problems of biometrics - the system claims to be 95% accurate - which is still not enough for use by the military or police officers.
"Charity backs dementia taggings. The number of dementia sufferers is predicted to soar Proposed nelectronic tagging of people with dementia, with their agreement, has been backed by a charity."