Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Why Nsa Surveillance Is Worse Than You've Ever Imagined
Last summer, after months of encrypted emails, I spent three days in Moscow hanging out with Edward Snowden for a Wired cover story.
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Why the Ruling Against the Nsa's Phone Records Program Could Have Huge Implications
A federal appeals court ruling that the National Security Agency's collection of millions of Americans' phone records is illegal could undercut more than just that...
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The Illegal Phone-Data Sweeps
There is a lot to praise in the powerful ruling issued by a three-judge federal appeals panel in New York on Thursday, which held that the government's vast, continuing...
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The Hidden Politics of Video Games
Imagine that video games had been invented in the Middle Ages.
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Brace Yourself: Microsoft Wants to Guess How Old You Are
Like a distant relative who makes you feel bad at the annual holiday get together, Microsoft has created a website that analyzes a photo of a person's face and...
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Facebook Is Eating the Internet
Facebook, it seems, is unstoppable. The social publishing site, just 11 years old, is now the dominant force in American media.
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You Can't Backdoor a Platform
According to law enforcement and intelligence agencies, encryption should come with a backdoor.
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The Future of Sex: It Gets Better
When I was 10 years old, my friend Sarah and I found a newly minted copy of "The Joy of Sex" under her parents' bed.
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Why the Entire Premise of Tor-Enabled Routers Is Ridiculous
Ars recently reviewed two "Tor routers," devices that are supposed to improve your privacy by routing all traffic through the Tor anonymity network. Although the...
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Should Law Enforcement Have the Ability to Access Encrypted Communications?
People's distress over the privacy of their communications has never been more acute. Whether the fear is over U.S. surveillance or breaches by hackers of unknown...
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Managing Your Digital Life
Everyone should be able to manage their personal data with a personal information management system.
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Teach Foundational Language Principles
Industry is ready and waiting for more graduates educated in the principles of programming languages.
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Oracle v. Google: A High-Stakes Legal Fight For the Software Industry
Copyrighting APIs threatens significant harm to both consumers and the software industry.
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What Are We Doing When We Teach Computing in Schools?
Research on the cognitive, educational, and policy dimensions of teaching computing is critical to achieving "computer literacy."
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Life of IP
Seeking to balance intellectual property protection with incentives for investment in innovation.
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Google's Search pdated Will Remake the Web in Its Own Image
Some people are calling it Mobilegeddon.
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Fateful Phone Call Spawned Moore's Law
In their new book, Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, authors Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock and Rachel Jones chronicle...
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Case Against Google May Be ndercut By Rapid Shifts in Tech
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft,...
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10 Images that Explain the Incredible Power of Moore's Law
Moore's Law, which states that the number of transistors per integrated circuit will double approximately every 18–24 months, has become the defining metaphor of...
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