From state-sponsored cyberattacks to autonomous robotic weapons, 21st century war is increasingly disembodied.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
A mile or two away from Facebook's headquarters in Silicon Valley, Helen Nissenbaum of New York University was standing in a basement on Stanford's campus explaining...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
One fine night in November 2011 I got an opportunity to get my hands dirty, working on a project for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.CircleID From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2012
The assault on personal privacy has ramped up significantly in the past few years. From warrantless GPS tracking to ISP packet inspection, it seems that everyone...InfoWorld From ACM Opinion | March 28, 2012
Many people don't realize that most of the censorship and surveillance in China is not being done by the government, but by companies at the behest of the government...Paul Hyman From ACM News | March 27, 2012
In December, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened under the Voting Rights Act to stay a South Carolina voter ID law.CNN From ACM Opinion | March 26, 2012
Combining academic and industry representation, the NCWIT Pacesetters program works to increase the participation of girls and women in computing.Jill Ross, Elizabeth Litzler, J. McGrath Cohoon, Lucy Sanders From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2012
There is a spate of proposed cybersecurity legislation working its way through the House and Senate. The bills are aimed primarily at facilitating cooperation regarding...Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | March 21, 2012
Remember the movie The Minority Report? It is based upon a Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. Well, the movie is supposed to portray an implausible dystopian...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 20, 2012
You know how our social graphs are creeping into every aspect of our Web lives, from search results to coupons? Well, get ready for something a lot more personal...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | March 16, 2012
On Monday, the Defense Department’s best-known geek announced that she was leaving the Pentagon for a job at Google. It was an unexpected move: Washington and Mountain...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 15, 2012
In the early hours of 30 June last year, my time spent monitoring the Anonymous chat room finally paid off: "Sabu" would grant me an interview. New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2012
Every night, I get home from work, drop onto the couch and sit there surfing the Web or watching videos on my 3 1/2-inch iPhone screen. My big-screen HDTV sits...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 13, 2012