Electronic Frontier Foundation

their right because such communications can bring to light the members and the groups with which they associate, that are meant to be private. Possibly discouraging others to join these groups for the fear of being exposed. (Source 2) The Electronic Frontier Foundation, striving to protect the freedoms of people on the internet, in an article emphasizes, “the wholesale collection of telephone records of millions of innocent

There has been a need for a non-breakable encryption algorithm desired after since the establishment of Cryptography was first matured. However, an algorithm is advised to be immune as long as there has not been found susceptibility through cryptanalysis. Symmetric-key block ciphers abide as the largest and critical aspect in many cryptographic systems. Independently, they add confidentiality. As a central construction block, their adaptability grants the manufacturing of pseudorandom stream ciphers

was presented on October 26, 2001 by George W. Bush after the terrorist attack of September 11. This act was implemented with the intended end goal that by giving power to the Justice Department regarding domestic and international surveillance of electronic communications, it would help prevent incidents like September 11 from occurring again (WhatisUSApatriotAct). The Patriot Act was intended to help government agencies fight against terrorism by catching it before it happens.

told us in interviews. That debate is also splitting erstwhile allies in opposing virtual currency regulation. Several established virtual currency entities -- including Coinbase and Coin Center -- are publicly backing AB-1326, while the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others are continuing to criticize it. AB-1326, which passed the state Senate’s Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Monday, would require virtual currency businesses in California to

Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, in 1950. And received a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley. Wozniak or “Woz” as his friends called him built his first computer when he was 13 years old and was an electronics prodigy by the time he was 19. He met steve jobs when he was 14 and together their first project built a “blue box” which works just like a “black box”.(“Steve Wozniak”). Jobs and Wozniak used this “Blue Box” to hack into public telephones and

George Orwell foresees a nightmarish-future for the world in his book 1984, where individualism loses precedence to "the good of society," and with it goes the individual's private life. "The [controlling] Party" in the socialist government knows the intimate details of all citizens, and prosecutes those who violate social orders through threatening speech, behavior or thoughts. The omnipresent visual warning "Big Brother is Watching You,” reminds citizens that no personal information is safe from

different ways. Online users are bullied on social media sites. In “The Dangers of Cyberbullying“, author Christopher B. Davison describes cyberbullying as an agressive, intentional act distributed by an individual or group, using contact in an electronic medium continously and relentlessly against someone else who can’t stand up for their rights (Davison 595). Technology affects bullying in a lot of different forms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or any other form of online communication

Hackers and the Evolution of Intellectual Property Rights Introduction According to Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, theft is, "The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same" (Webster's 2). Before the advent of moveable type, no one had cause to apply this concept to information rather than physical property. If one were to steal a book, the act was easily recognized as of the

Alexandra Alter, a books and book publishing reporter for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), in her article, "Your E-book Is Reading You" discusses the ability for publishers to collect customer reading habits information (analytics) through the use of e-book readers and related software. Prior to working at the WSJ, Alter earned a college degree and master's degrees in journalism and religion from Columbia University. The WSJ is a prestigious newspaper in the United States with over 2 million readers

took an undergraduate college degree but he has a master and, as well as he said, he is a computer magician. He was discovered to be strongly disappointed with Obama’s policies and to support internet freedom organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He joined the army during the Iraq War, on May 7, 2004, but he broke both his legs in an accident and was discharged in the same year. After that various experiences brought him to work for CIA and subsequently for DELL, managing NSA