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Lessons From Wuhan

If we don’t debate a democratic response to pandemics now, we risk ceding leadership to tyrants. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Nation believes that helping readers stay informed about the impact of the coronavirus crisis is a form of public service. For that reason, this article, and all of our coronavirus coverage, is now free. Please subscribe to…
bubmag
March 25, 2020
Jaywalkers

We shouldn’t ban AI surveillance tech — we must fight to own it

The London Metropolitan Police Service initiating the use of Live Face Recognition technology, as they’ve done recently, is another step in the by-now inevitable erosion of our traditional notion of privacy.  The EU dropping their ban on facial recognition — devolving the issue to its member states — is yet…
bubmag
February 26, 2020
Jaywalkers

RSAC 2020: Blockchain is ‘Garbage In’, Voting Needs Paper Ballots

The annual cryptographer’s panel took on issues of privacy and how new crypto-technologies apply to it in today’s digital world. SAN FRANCISCO – Cryptography is at the heart of security, especially here at this week’s RSAC 2020. And during the event’s annual Cryptographer’s Panel, industry leaders broke down their top…
bubmag
February 25, 2020