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Week 8 – 10/30/13: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Jennifer Kelly

Week 8 – 10/30/13: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Jennifer Kelly

The mysterious “missing first 20 seconds of audio” bug has made an unscheduled reappearance right at the front end. Apologies to Jennifer for a slightly over aggressive edit at the end. Since Jennifer was remote and our system only picked up her slides in class, you will have to download her slides and advance them […]

That EULA is Barely Worth the Paper It’s Printed On

That EULA is Barely Worth the Paper It’s Printed On

Oh the EULA. The EULA (or End-User License Agreement) is that annoying pop-up we are all forced to agree to when we install new software. These contracts permeate and govern many relationships in our life, but who actually reads all of them. According to people who study this stuff, it would take between 200 and […]

Professor Ron Deibert @ UBC Liu Institute Nov. 5

Professor Ronald Deibert of U of T is one of the most thoughtful and knowledgeable academics in the world on the subjects of internet censorship,surveillance and information warfare. His latest book is “Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace” published in May 2013. In the wake of the Snowden revelations, the ubiquity and relevance of […]