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Apple hypocritical in battle with FBI over iPhone?

Apple hypocritical in battle with FBI over iPhone?

(22th Feb 2016) Apple has agreed to backdoor “security checks’’ of its devices by the Chinese government, which the company refuses to let the FBI do. Apple’s battle with the U.S. government over getting into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists is over...

Apple should give access to terrorist’s iPhone

Apple should give access to terrorist’s iPhone

(22th Feb 2016) Darren Hayes argues in The Guardian that Apple has a powerful legal and moral obligation to assist the U.S.  Darren Hayes argues in The Guardian that Apple has a powerful legal and moral obligation to assist the U.S. government by giving it access to...

Chinese intensify expansionism in South China Sea

Chinese intensify expansionism in South China Sea

(22th Feb 2016) Expansionist China is militarizing the South China Sea. The latest example: It has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the Paracel chain, close to Vietnam and along some of the world’s most important shipping lanes. Expansionist...

DNI: China Continues Cyber Espionage

DNI: China Continues Cyber Espionage

(15th Feb 2016) China is continuing to conduct cyber espionage operations against the United States, and Beijing’s commitment to a U.S.-China cyber agreement is questionable, the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday. China is continuing to...

Iranian hackers target U.S. dam

Iranian hackers target U.S. dam

(March 14th 2016) In a reminder of the vulnerability of physical infrastructure to cyber-attacks,  the Obama administration will publicly attribute a 2013 cyber-attack against a New York State dam to Iranian hackers, say U.S. officials familiar with the investigation,...

Ezra Vogel discusses the G7 Summit, Japan, China, cyber-security

Ezra Vogel discusses the G7 Summit, Japan, China, cyber-security

(March 14th 2016) Here are online remarks and a Q&A with Ezra Vogel, the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard, a world-renown expert on East Asia and a member of The Boston Global Forum (BGF).  He is probably best known for his work...