Take Two Aspirin and Call Me in the Morning
I am fascinated by the metaphor of cyber security as a public health problem.
Vinton G. Cerf
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In Praise of Under-Specification?
It is interesting to contemplate whether the notion of under-specification that induces flexibility and anticipates new but unknown developments can be codified in a concrete way beyond the purely conceptual.
While this is not intended to be a dystopian rant, I feel strongly motivated to draw attention to the fragile and interdependent future we are creating through the use of programmable devices and systems.
Open Access to Academic Research
One challenge associated with data and publication preservation is the creation of business models that can sustain long-duration archives. Considerable infrastructure must be maintained to ensure access to digital content over long periods of time and that has an underlying cost.
Can Liberty Survive the Digital Age?
Online social media have provided a megaphone for voices that might not have been heard except in limited circles. The amplifying effect, however, gives visibility to deliberate (or ignorant) misinformation, hate speech, incitement to violence, and advocacy of terrorism.
A Genetic Theory of the Silicon Valley Phenomenon
What is it about the residents of Silicon Valley that encourages risk taking? I have often wondered about that and have reached an interesting, if possibly controversial conclusion.
I am going way out on a limb in this column into an area where I really know very little but am completely fascinated by what I am learning. The tenuous linkage to our discipline is what I will call programmed cell self-destruction or maybe cell suicide.
Social and Ethical Behavior in the Internet of Things
"Denial-of-service" cyberattacks require us to up our technical game in Internet security and safety. They also expose the need to frame and enforce social and ethical behavior, privacy, and appropriate use in Internet environments.
Information and Misinformation on the Internet
The Internet influenced the decisions of voters in both the June 2016 U.K. referendum on European Union membership and the November 2016 U.S. elections. The disturbing aspect of these is the quantity of poor-quality content, the production of deliberately false information, and the reinforcement of bad information through the social media.
Is email ever private? It seems clear that we need standards and agreements to protect email while in transit between mail transfer agents and between users and transfer agents.
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