Tag: human rights
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VB2018 paper: Internet balkanization: why are we raising borders online?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, said “I hope we use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures”. Yet increasingly we are seeing barriers being raised not only in the real world, but on the Internet as well. The Great Firewall of China is widely known, but the Chinese goverment is…
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VB2018 paper: Internet balkanization: why are we raising borders online?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, said “I hope we use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures”. Yet increasingly we are seeing barriers being raised not only in the real world, but on the Internet as well. The Great Firewall of China is widely known, but the Chinese goverment is…
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The security industry is genuinely willing to help you do good work
An article at Cyberscoop lists security companies that are offering assistance to protect election systems, for example by protecting against DDoS attacks, performing penetration testing or providing anti-virus software, for free or at a significant discount. The list, which isn’t complete (for example Google also offers free DDoS protection for election systems), is topical given…
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The security industry is genuinely willing to help you do good work
An article at Cyberscoop lists security companies that are offering assistance to protect election systems, for example by protecting against DDoS attacks, performing penetration testing or providing anti-virus software, for free or at a significant discount. The list, which isn’t complete (for example Google also offers free DDoS protection for election systems), is topical given…
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Those doing bad things deserve privacy too
Hacking Team leakers should have taken a leaf out of Snowden’s book. I can understand, at least in principle, that targeted malware could be used by law enforcement agencies for legitimate purposes. After all, with proper court orders in place, it is not significantly different from the hidden cameras placed by those same agencies. However,…