Communications of the ACM
Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
Gaps facing the industry as quantum safe algorithms move closer to standardization.
From ACM Opinion
Are We Waiting for Everyone to Get Hacked?
Leon Panetta is one of the few American government officials who can look around at the nation's rolling cyberdisasters and justifiably say, “I told you so.”
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Machine Learning Security Needs New Perspectives and Incentives
Researchers and developers racing to make deep learning available to different applications need to actively seek out and address security challenges before they...
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Should Alexa Read Our Moods?
Companies should be barred from analyzing what people say and how they sound to recommend products or personalize advertising messages.
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A Vision to Compute like Nature: Thermodynamically
Advocating a new, physically grounded, computational paradigm centered on thermodynamics and an emerging understanding of using thermodynamics to solve problems...
From ACM Opinion
Stop the Emerging AI Cold War
Proliferating military artificial intelligence will leave the world less safe—so we must focus on ethics and global cooperation, argues Denise Garcia, vice-chair...
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Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
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CS Unplugged or Coding Classes?
Perhaps a more appropriate question is 'Why not both'?
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Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
From ACM Opinion
Why Cryptocurrency Is A Giant Fraud
Speculators might make money on cryptocurrency, but the arguments for its usefulness fail completely.
From ACM Opinion
Why Bitcoin Is Bad for the Environment
Cryptocurrency mining uses huge amounts of power — and can be as destructive as the real thing.
From ACM Opinion
Hackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity
To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activity. Not for long.
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Google Has A Plan To 'Fix' Online Privacy. Everybody Hates It
Google recently decided to adopt a new way to track users, and says it's more private than cookies and nearly as effective for advertising. The rest of the Internet...
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Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy
The unregulated practice of data brokerage is incredibly dangerous and harmful, and policymakers can ignore it no longer.
From ACM Opinion
Why Was SolarWinds So Vulnerable to a Hack?
The federal government should set minimum security standards for software and software development.
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The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
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CAPE: A Framework for Assessing Equity throughout the Computer Science Education Ecosystem
Examining both the leading indicators of equity in CS and the lagging indicators of student outcomes.
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Content Moderation Modulation
Deliberating on how to regulate—or not regulate—online speech in the era of evolving social media.
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