Dr Ruth Shillair* and Bill Dutton For years, cyber security experts have taught the public how to reduce the risks of phishing attacks, such as by looking for poor English grammar, misspellings, the lack of high-quality logos, strange URLs, or calls seeking immediate action (e.g., click here immediately). Good advice pre-AI, but the use of … Continue reading Rethinking Cyber Safety in the Age of AI
Cybersecurity
A Digital ID Card?
The UK Labour Party’s Obsession with a (Digital) ID Card: Time to Reconsider When I returned to the UK in the summer of 2002, to take up an academic position, I was on a panel discussing the adoption of ID Cards. I spoke against an ID Card, immediately after the Home Secretary (at that time) … Continue reading A Digital ID Card?
Media Literacy and Access to Trusted Information during the War in Ukraine
A Internationally Collaborative Study UNESCO and the government of Japan are supporting a new project on media literacy and access to information about politics in Ukraine. The project, entitled 'Access to Information and Media Literacy about Politics and Elections: A Collaborative Study of Ukraine', seeks to enhance understanding of how the Ukrainian public accesses information … Continue reading Media Literacy and Access to Trusted Information during the War in Ukraine
AI REGULATION
A. Michael Noll March 4, 2024 © Copyright 2024 AMN [This blog is authored by A. Michael Noll, an Emeritus Professor at USC, and a early pioneer in digital computer art and 3D animation and tactile communication at Bell Labs. Posted with the permission of the author.] Regulators like to regulate, and technology and big … Continue reading AI REGULATION
Information is Powerful: Research on Ukraine
On the second anniversary of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I want to acknowledge and thank the growing number of researchers who are exploring the incredibly wide range of issues tied to the war in Ukraine. Many academics at all levels of academia are contributing their skills and training to Ukraine in one of … Continue reading Information is Powerful: Research on Ukraine
Information, Communication, and Innovation Aspects of the War on Ukraine: A Meeting of Early Career Researchers
The Portulans Institute supported the conduct of an Oxford Forum on ‘The Implications of the Russian War in Ukraine for Global Information, Communication, and Cybersecurity’, which was held on 26 January 2024 in a Board Room of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). It was conceived, organized, and chaired by an OII DPhil Candidate, Elizaveta (Lisa) … Continue reading Information, Communication, and Innovation Aspects of the War on Ukraine: A Meeting of Early Career Researchers
Riyadh’s Global Cybersecurity Forum
Delighted to have participated in the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Forum, 1-2 Nov, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia #GCF2023. It provided me with a jam-packed two days of activities. I did interviews and a podcast, but my main contributions were: First, a talk on cybersecurity capacity building, moderated by Alexandra Topalian, a truly helpful moderator and speaker … Continue reading Riyadh’s Global Cybersecurity Forum
Opinion: A. Michael Noll on AI Hype
AI CRAZED HYPE A. Michael Noll Posted with permission of the author AI (artificial intelligence) is gripping the media. The claim is made that computers can think and understand language. Predictions are being made that AI will replace human creativity in music, art, and literature. Others predict that the harm from AI will mean the … Continue reading Opinion: A. Michael Noll on AI Hype
Cyber Insecurity
If I tell friends and colleagues that I am working on a ‘cybersecurity project’, I can see them mentally move along to other topics. In sounds technical and only technical. Arguably, most internet users and ordinary people generally see cybersecurity as a technical field – one that is likely to be impenetrable or uninteresting … Continue reading Cyber Insecurity
Confidentiality Online?
In the UK, over 100,000 WhatsApp messages between a former health secretary and government ministers during the COVID-19 pandemic were leaked.[1] The former health secretary, Matt Hancock, shared his WhatsApp messages with a journalist, Isabel Oakeshott, with whom he was collaborating on his book entitled Pandemic Diaries (Hancock with Oakeshott 2022). They essentially co-authored the … Continue reading Confidentiality Online?