Modern Technologies and Conflicts
Information Technology and Society
Jakub Drmola




Freedom versus security
-or privacy versus security
-ongoing massive debate over this question in cyberspace
-no good solution in sight

Cybercrime
-anything from phishing, to ransomware, RATs and black market
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-evolves with technology itself
-key role of anonymity
-lack of user awareness and good security practices
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-less anonymity online would make it harder for perpetrators to get away with it

Piracy
-unauthorized distribution of intellectual property
-printing press > magnetic tapes > floppy discs > CDs/DVDs > internet > ???
-securitization (ethics, economy and hard security)
-lacking/slow adaptation of businesses
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-stronger IP protection laws might serve as a deterrence
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premonition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQFnSnhg7U
gaben: https://youtu.be/pLC_zZ5fqFk?t=1m5s
piratske strany

Hacktivism
-political and ideological activism in cyberspace, using direct hacking, DDoS, disclosing secrets,
propaganda, doxing, defacements, etc.
-beginnings in 2008
-grows strong from 2010
-currently a well established modus operandi
-stricter laws and sentencing could discourage perpetrators

tom cruise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUm5seVCpf4

Organizing protests
-using social media to organize and coordinate protests, looting, riots, rallies etc.
-first seen in Iran 2009
-visible issue since 2011
-London riots, Arab spring, India, USA
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-shutting off the service during the events would stop people from using it to self-organize

Terrorism online
-promotion of violence, extremism, intolerance, dissemination of guides, recruitment, inciting
hatred and fear
-gradual development from 90s
-became major force in 2010s
-dominant issue with ISIS
-demands for stricter censorship by content curators

Privacy and corporations
-accumulation of personalized data for advertising and other purposes, interconnected platforms,
ecosystems
-mainstream boom circa 2007-2012
-social networks of all sorts (facebook, twitter, ...)
-access to their service in exchange for private data
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-is it a problem?
-or just a matter of personal choice and responsibility?

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Surveillance
-metadata collection, intrusion into company systems, weakening of protections, dragnet collection
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-roots in WW2 and Cold War, all in the name of security, many conspiracy theories
-Snowden and NSA PRISM reveal, 2013
-intensive and extensive data collection might serve to prevent security threats such as terrorism,
etc.

UK engima

Encryption
-runs through all the issues above, typical double-edged technology (TOR, crypto$)
-long history, today absolutely indispensable and ever-present
-ongoing fight for weak/strong encryption: states vs. corporations vs. people
-“catching terrorists, endangering users”
-case: San Bernardino iPhone
-“solved” by forcing backdoors and masterkeys

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VR/AR
-very probable and very close proliferation of virtual/augmented reality technology in society
-entertainment, communication, traveling, education, training, therapy… anything else?
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-health risk (nausea, injuries, eyesight?, psychology?)
-societal and security risks?

1982: trans-siberian sabotage
2000s: shot mafia boss
2008: Lodz trams
2014: steel mill hack