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-Context 10.1 Online Outlaws: Computer Crime 10.3 Security, Privacy, Freedom, and Ethics 10.6 Inventing the Future: Evolving Technology, Evolving Security 15.0 Alan Turing, Military Intelligence, and Intelligent Machines

The Military Internet Complex and the Invisible War

9780544251793_hresWar and technology have been intertwined throughout human history. Today’s digital technology is creating a whole new form of war that’s all but invisible to most of us. In his book @War, Shane Harris describes the war that’s waged on the Internet and describes the relationship between government and the tech industry that makes that war possible. In this NPR Fresh Air program he’s interviewed by Terry Gross.

npr.org/2014/11/17/364718523/an-in-depth-look-at-the-u-s-cyber-war-the-military-alliance-and-its-pitfalls
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-Context 10.3 Security, Privacy, Freedom, and Ethics 10.6 Inventing the Future: Evolving Technology, Evolving Security

Cyber Security: When Does Defense Become Offensive?

In his state of the union message President Obama explained that he was issuing executive orders to deal with cyber threats to government and business. He also encouraged congress to enact legislation. But as this NPR story explains, the problem may require a more aggressive approach that’s complicated by the fact that our information infrastructure is mostly owned by private businesses.
npr.org/2013/02/13/171843046/victims-of-cyberattacks-now-going-on-offense-against-intruders

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Supercomputers and Superpowers—the Great Race

www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/27/in-race-for-fastest-supercomputer-china-outpaces-u-s.html
For decades the fastest computers in the world were all American. Not anymore. In this short Newsweek article, Daniel Lyons describes the state of the great supercomputer race between China and the USA—and the high stakes of that race.