I am teaching COMM 5610 – IT & Global Conflict this semester at the University of Utah. I’ve started putting together a weekly newsletter for my students with updates on topics covered during the semester. Here are the updates from this week:
Cyber
- North Korea is relying on the internet more, creating an opening for the US
- North Korea’s Illicit Cyber Operations: What Can Be Done?
- Five myths about cyberwar
Drones
- UAVs could start replacing manned fighters in mid-2020s: USAF
- Elon Musk Says Era Of Fighter Jet Is Over And F-35 Should Have Drone Competitor
Information warfare
- Coronavirus provides unique opportunity to meddle in U.S. election, officials warn
- Assange’s lawyer says he was offered US pardon for denying Russia hacking
- Russia-linked disinformation campaign fueling coronavirus alarm, US says
Intelligence & Surveillance
- Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too
- How Facial Recognition Technology Could Change College Campuses Completely
- FCC to Propose Fines of AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon for Selling Location Data
- Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA
- N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads
- Leaked Document Shows How Big Companies Buy Credit Card Data on Millions of Americans
AI, Hypersonic & Neuroweapons
- Minds at War: China’s Pursuit of Military Advantage through Cognitive
- Redefining Neuroweapons: Emerging Capabilities in Neuroscience and Neu
- The Pentagon now has 5 principles for artificial intelligence
Terrorism & Counter-terrorism
- Fact-Check: How the NYPD Overstated Its Counterterrorism Record — ProPublica
- White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism
- How the internet fosters far-right radicalization | DW | 21.02.2020