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your rights vs. the Man. Privacy and social networks
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:16:00 +0300
Hi folks. Tooting my own horn and stuff, I'd really like some comments on the issue I write about here: http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2009/03/a_police_office.html ----- Social Networks Blurring The Line Into Citizen Journalism Posted by Gadi Evron In 2006, Israel sent forces into Southern Lebanon during what is now known as the 2006 Lebanon War. Israel had security concerns about missiles harming its civilian population, but what it didn't bargain for was military citizen journalism. Think, for a moment, about the potential chaos of such live war reporting: SMS messages from soldiers up front telling of deaths before families can be notified, or live videos of bloody battles recorded from cell phones and sent to the press. In Israel, this is more problematic than with other militaries. All able citizens who have not been excused legally are drafted into the military at 18 serve for a minimum of three years, and then continue serving in active duty at least once a year as reservists. For many, this means potentially losing business by not being at work -- not to mention their families waiting to hear from them and of them being alive. This month, two civilian incidents in the United States illustrated the problem Israel faced -- and open the broader discussion about how new social technologies impact our organizational security, and our own privacy. ----- Muncho Danke. At the worst it will make a good twitter discussion. Gadi. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- your rights vs. the Man. Privacy and social networks Gadi Evron (Mar 29)
- Re: your rights vs. the Man. Privacy and social networks Richard Golodner (Mar 29)