
Does an Effective Government Need Secrecy?
The people who have leaked information on the American government are seen either as traitors or heroes. This reveals a large gap in how people think the government should work. […]
The people who have leaked information on the American government are seen either as traitors or heroes. This reveals a large gap in how people think the government should work. […]
Not all autonomous machines can learn by definition. To learn is to be able to draw on past experiences to deal with unexpected situations. Such capabilities are still limited but growing in the robotic world. […]
The silicon chip installed in basically every machine we use is based on a binary code of 1s and 0s. But now that the tables are turning, it seems there might be a bright light in the future of machine learning. […]
The non-traditional press is not significantly different from the traditional press. These news media sometimes reveal or comment on previous non-public information. […]
To react to the changing norms of reporting, President Barack Obama stated there must be a difference between the free press/journalists and those who divulge classified information illegally. […]
Instead of conflicts with and prosecuting the news media, the government began to disclose their confidential information using government investigators. […]
Following Edward Snowden’s revelations, European countries demanded that their governments suspend information-sharing agreements with America. But according to experts the practical changes in this regard were insignificant. […]
In European countries, people are allowed to delete links about them from Google. But, apparently, the idea is not to erase the data. Because if that were the case, people could also ask newspapers to delete their old information. […]
US privacy laws are different from European ones. Privacy is a right in Europe, but not in America. In other words, privacy in Europe is so fundamental that it’s enshrined in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. […]
While some people believe that liberty derives from anonymity, others believe that proper security is dependent on identification. What is needed is a spectrum of authentication choices—from anonymity, to pseudonymity, to full identity. […]
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