Three Cybersecurity Tools for Journalists
"A career in journalism can be unsafe regardless of where you are in the world."
"A career in journalism can be unsafe regardless of where you are in the world."
"Both policymakers and computer scientists face an ever stormier ethical present, not least from proactive AI."
"Disturbingly, the authors of Human Augmentation argue that there "may be a moral obligation to augment people"..."
"... in extreme cases, some moderators have even become addicted to the graphic content they are required to moderate."
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"The Digital Economy will allow the Government to monitor and scrutinize every transaction, to freeze digital accounts, and to block “financial flows” to punish disobedience."
"The FCC does not have the authority to override people’s rights to bodily autonomy and their property-based rights to “exclude” the wireless radiation emitted by third parties from their homes."
"Singapore has gradually transformed itself into one of the least free places on the planet."
"We’re going to empower the worst busybodies who are already insane with fear to run around collecting data for the government."
"We cannot afford to allow shameless biometric companies to profit from COVID-19."
Hindsight is 20/20, we are told...
"Is the SDA’s effort to establish its mesh network an effort to extend the internet into space?"
"Total surveillance requires 24/7 monitoring of political enemies of the state."
Theories alleging that 5G is linked to COVID-19 have gone viral, but those claims are not backed by science.
"A new voice analyzer app may be able to determine whether or not you're infected."
"It is a time to call upon Government to direct internet service providers not to permit increase of pornography but to encourage blocking it."
"Hydrogen and oxygen react in simple fuel cells to create power, and a very simple and useful end pollutant – water. Nothing else. Fuel cells are a brilliant, simple and clean tech – but at the moment come out massively more expensive than lithium batteries."
"SmartRent uses smart devices, like light switches, thermostats, speakers, and numerous other devices to turn properties into real-time surveillance platforms."
"The big tech companies don’t want more government oversight, they simply want to continue to have their have their editorial take and enforce it too while taking your money and suppressing your voice."
"One reason online retirement accounts are being targeted is they aren’t checked that much. This gives the hacker time to work, and potentially gain access to a particular account."
"...there is no such thing as “ethical” porn ... How many more videos of children being tortured and abused need to surface before we put an end to this??"
"The bill requires that such controls impose no additional cost to consumers", and would "impose stiff penalties for ISPs found guilty breaking the law."
"The online giant receiving the most traffic is Alphabet Inc which receives almost 120 billion visits a month."