Intelligence Squared US: Cyber War Debate 8/10

Clip 8/10 Debate: THE CYBER WAR THREAT HAS BEEN GROSSLY EXAGGERATED Speakers: For the motion: Marc Rotenberg, Bruce Schneier Against the motion: VADM (Ret) John M. (Mike) McConnell, Jonathan Zittrain The sophistication of our mobile phone networks, of the GPS […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…

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Intelligence Squared US: Cyber War Debate 7/10

Clip 7/10 Debate: THE CYBER WAR THREAT HAS BEEN GROSSLY EXAGGERATED Speakers: For the motion: Marc Rotenberg, Bruce Schneier Against the motion: VADM (Ret) John M. (Mike) McConnell, Jonathan Zittrain The sophistication of our mobile phone networks, of the GPS […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…

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The debate over ‘police militarization’ continues

Author: Lance Eldridge In January of this year, PoliceOne’s Chuck Remsberg published a controversial letter from Retired Constable Scott Enlow that created a bit of a blog firestorm. Mr. Enlow expressed his concerns that with a combination of federally-purchased “military-type equipment,” an influx of war veterans into the profession, and…

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Security experts debate over how to ensure secure software

Consumer desire for unnecessary features has encouraged the development of insecure and unreliable software products, said Tenable Network Security CSO Marcus Ranum, during a debate on Wednesday about software liability at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. Ranum’s discussion partner, British Telecommunications’ chief technology security officer and renowned cryptographer…

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Asteroid debate rises to next level

As of now, there’s no comet or asteroid that’s definitely due to smash into our planet, but experts say it’s high time to figure out how to deal with the uncertainties, misunderstandings and political wrangling that will inevitably arise during the asteroid alerts to come. View full post on computer…

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FACT CHECK: Misfires on Iran, China in debate

Businessman Herman Cain contradicted himself on torture, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney offered a prescription for challenging China that didn’t add up and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich seemed to forget about crucial help by Pakistani intelligence in running down terrorists. View full post on obama hacking government – Yahoo!…

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