Posts Tagged: terrorist
Cybercrime frequency and complexity will continue into 2017
Cybercrime seemed to be in the news daily in 2016. From the hack of the Democratic National Committee email accounts to the massive data breaches suffered by large …
Facebook struggles to stop network use for illicit weapons sales, kidnapping and extortion
America is a leading exporter of not only weapons but also social media services and at least one major provider is finding itself caught in the crosshairs, …
Not Getting the Truth about the FBI, Apple, the San Bernardino Terrorists, and Hacking an iPhone
The FBI is not asking for a backdoor to the Apple iOS. Apple says that the FBI wants Apple to create a new version of the iOS …
Counterfeit Star Wars Products May Well Be Funding The Real World’s Dark Side
Counterfeiting has exploded in the last decade or so, paralleling the growth of the Internet and online sales. It’s harder for counterfeiters to get their products …
China’s new anti-terror law highlights tensions between national security and digital privacy
Chinese legislators have attempted to enact anti-terror legislation purportedly designed to protect Chinese citizens against terrorist threats. In late December, China passed a law requiring both telecommunications …
Tech Round-Up: Anonymous Takes on ISIL, Square IPO Beats Estimates and a Freeze Ray
From tech developers trying to take a stand against tech-savvy terrorists to a pair of highly anticipated initial public offerings of stock for tech start-ups, there’s …
Can better facial recognition technology prevent the next ISIL attack?
Facial recognition technologies often raise privacy concerns, but as it becomes more reliable and accurate it can also identify suspicious persons before they are able to execute …
Possibility of bomb in Russian plane crash will shift focus towards bomb detection tech
Given all of these issues with these conventional bomb detection methods, what are the innovations being developed in response? One Israeli explosive detection tech developer, Tracense Systems, …
A Rebuke to Terrorists
Long term economic growth is intricately linked with political freedom. Political freedom fosters stable international relations. Stable international relations promote wealth creation. And so the cycle grows. …
