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Computer security is necessary for journalist safety
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) The U.S. isn't the only Western government to seek to undermine computer security, however. Governments in France and Britain have made similar demands on technology companies in the past year; however, these have been largely rebuffed. Still, there is … |
Las Vegas — Security researchers need to fight for the rights to study, modify and reverse engineer Internet hardware and software or the general population risks losing Internet freedom, the Black Hat 2015 conference was told.
Jennifer Granick
“The dream of Internet freedom is dying,” warned Jennifer Granick, the Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society during the conference keynote. Four things are killing it: centralization, regulation, globalization and loss of “the freedom to tinker,” she says.
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Sony’s CEO finally broke his weeks-long silence on the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment, saying he’s proud of its staff and partners for standing up to “extortionist efforts of criminals” and for getting “The Interview” to audiences.
In brief comments before he began Sony’s press conference at CES 2015 in Las Vegas on Monday evening, Kazuo Hirai described the incident as ”one of the most vicious and malicious cyberattacks that we’ve known.”
“I have to say that freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of association—those are very important lifeblood-lifelines of Sony and our entertainment business,” Hirai said, thanking people who have seen “The Interview” online or in theaters.
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