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We All Like A Bit Of Threat, Do We?
The White House likes a bit of threat. In his State of the Union address, Barack Obama wanted to nudge Congress yet again into passing meaningful legislation. The president emphasized that America‘s...
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The Rise of Big Data
Everyone knows that the Internet has changed how businesses operate, governments function, and people live. But a new, less visible technological trend is just as transformative: “big data.” Big data...
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The Twitter Threat
Never in the history of written communication could 140 characters have the impact that they can have now. Two weeks ago, after gaining access to the Associated Press’s main Twitter account (@AP), the...
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Is Digital Sovereignty The Right To Spy On Citizens?
It would be perversely ironic if Edward Snowden’s crusade against the U.S. government Internet surveillance programs resulted in less Internet freedom in Russia. Read Here – Moscow TimesFiled under:...
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India And It’s Own PRISM Debate
Acknowledging that better indigenous snooping capabilities may not be enough to protect India’s cyber security, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has advocated formulating a set of “standard...
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Algorithmed!
From curbing urban crime to calculating the effectiveness of a tennis player‘s backhand, people are now gathering and analyzing vast amounts of data to predict human behaviors, solve problems, identify...
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Hey, It’s My Cheese!
Unlike many countries that have passed laws to protect citizens’ privacy, the Indian state is collecting more and more information about private individuals under various pretexts and restricting their...
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On Cyber Threat, It’s Same, Same
The issue is whether such accusations of Chinese cyber intrusions, which Beijing considers unsubstantiated, are disingenuous because of charges the United States also has conducted cyber activities of...
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Techie India’s Soft Belly
One of the most targeted countries in the world, India is beginning to act on the cyber threat. Read Here – The DiplomatFiled under: India Tagged: China, computers, cybersecurity, cyberwar, foreign...
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War On Internet Security
The Five Eyes alliance — the secret services of Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States — pursue a clear goal: removing the encryption of others on the Internet wherever possible....
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The Significance Of Xi Jinping’s US Visit
China’s President Xi Jinping is in the U.S. on his first state visit, which within China is being widely seen as a historical event comparable to that undertaken by then vice premier Deng Xiaoping in...
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In China, The Tech Industry Does What Washington Can’t
In fact, over the last few years, Washington has lost its touch in dealing with China. Instead, the U.S. tech community has come to fill the diplomacy vacuum and has made headway on certain economic...
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Raiders Of The Lost Web
The web, as it appears at any one moment, is a phantasmagoria. It’s not a place in any reliable sense of the word. It is not a repository. It is not a library. It is a constantly changing patchwork of...
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India Makes First Move On Chessboard Of Cyber Geopolitics, Eyes Russia
Months after the Indian government endorsed the “multistakeholder” model of internet governance – at the 53rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the Indian...
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Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—And Maybe Break The Law
In the four tumultuous weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the White House has provided a steady stream of leaks. Some are mostly innocuous, like how Trump spends his solitary hours....
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The Soviet Web: The Tale Of How The USSR Almost Invented The internet
When brilliant Soviet cyberneticist Viktor Glushkov designed a blueprint for a computerised planning system, the Soviet Union looked on track to become web pioneers. In the end, however, there was to...
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For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
Russian President Vladimir Putin says whoever becomes the leader in artificial intelligence will become the ruler of the world. For many Russian students, the academic year started last Friday with...
View ArticleXi Doubles Down On China’s Cyber Goals And Semiconductor Plans
Days after the United States announced a seven-year restriction on American companies doing business with the Chinese telecom giant ZTE, Chinese President Xi Jinping responded in defiance by laying out...
View ArticleChina, EU Seize Control Of The World’s Cyber Agenda
The United States is losing ground as the internet’s standard-bearer in the face of aggressive European privacy standards and China’s draconian vision for a tightly controlled Web. The weakening...
View ArticleBattlefield Internet
The Internet has always been much more than a venue for conflict and competition; it is the backbone of global commerce and communication. That said, cyberspace is not, as is often thought, simply part...
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