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No, Nsa Phone Spying Has Not Ended
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No, Nsa Phone Spying Has Not Ended

At 11:59 P.M. on Saturday night, the U.S. National Security Agency supposedly yanked the cord on its bulk telephone records collection, thereby ending an expansive...

Metadata Surveillance Didn't Stop the Paris Attacks
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Metadata Surveillance Didn't Stop the Paris Attacks

Since terrorists struck Paris last Friday night, the debate over whether encryption prevents intelligence services from stopping attacks has reignited.

Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers
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Creating a New Generation of Computational Thinkers

Experiences with a successful school program in Scotland.

The Case For Banning Killer Robots
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The Case For Banning Killer Robots: Point

Ban the bots? Considering both sides of the argument for and against.

I Can't Let You Do That, Dave
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I Can't Let You Do That, Dave

Computers should not treat their owners as adversaries.

Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing
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Increasing the Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in Computing

Lessons learned from a decade of practice.

Pickled Patches
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Pickled Patches

On repositories of patches and tension between security professionals and in-house developers.

Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics
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Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analysis in Teaching Ethics

Critical reflection on value choices.

Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
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Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us

Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.

The Digital Dark Age
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The Digital Dark Age

. . . and why it will have to wait.

How to Baffle Web Trackers By Obfuscating Your Movements Online
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How to Baffle Web Trackers By Obfuscating Your Movements Online

Online ad networks and search engines love it when you surf around.

Stopping Whatsapp Won't Stop Terrorists
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Stopping Whatsapp Won't Stop Terrorists

Is the ability to send encrypted messages making it hard to stop terrorists?

Get Ready For Your Digital Model
From ACM Opinion

Get Ready For Your Digital Model

Entrusting your money to a bank once seemed strange and risky.

The Cyberthreat ­nder the Street
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The Cyberthreat ­nder the Street

Within the last year there have been 16 so-called fiber cuts in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Informatics: Make Sense of Health Data
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Informatics: Make Sense of Health Data

If you are wondering whether exposure to some chemical could increase your chances of getting colon cancer, you could easily find supportive evidence from animal...

When Technologies Manipulate Our Emotions
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When Technologies Manipulate Our Emotions

Implications of the Facebook emotions study.

Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms
From Communications of the ACM

Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms

Introducing students to visual programming as a pathway to text-based programming.

Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety
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Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety

Examining the effects of electronic health records on the safety of patients in medical facilities.

Software Patents Are Falling Down
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Software Patents Are Falling Down

Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.

Security Assurance
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Security Assurance

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