IO Newsletter V 14 N 1

PDF (49 Pages): ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v14_no_01 In this issue: 1.      How to Fight Cyber War? Estonia Shows The Way 2.      Utilizing Social Media during Major Events 3.      Google Launches Project Shield Cybersecurity Initiative for ‘Free Expression’ 4.      U.S.-Style Personal Data Gathering Is Spreading Worldwide 5.      How They …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

ANALYSIS: Methodology to Analyze Future Security Threats (3): Scenarios as an Organic Living System BOOK: Evaluation Methodologies for Aid in Conflict BOOK: Global Intellectual History BOOK: Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present CYBER: BIOS Malware Can Destroy Any Computer

Rickard Falkvinge: Zacqary Adam Green – Reflections on Property

Ideas Can’t Be Property. Can Dirt? Reflections – Zacqary Adam Green:  So, we’re all in agreement that intellectual property is a bad thing that should not exist. What about plain old property? If no one has a right to monopolize the use of an idea, is there a justification to allow monopolies on the use …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff 1.1

BOOK: The Hidden Face of Terrorism: The Dark Side of Social Engineering CYBER: Bitcoin Alternative in Russia CYBER: Chinese Operations KE3CHANG CYBER: Suits and Spooks Threat Summary (Video) CYBER: What Social Networks See In You (Your API) OPEN: Arab Spring Year Four (Al Jazeera reviews revolution, counter-revolution and counter counter-revolution)

Paul Craig Roberts: Call for Germany to Leave the EU and NATO – Confront US Over Perpetual Unwarranted War

The U.S. Drives the World Toward War Washington has had the US at war for 12 years: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and almost Syria, which could still happen, with Iran waiting in the wings. These wars have been expensive in terms of money, prestige, and deaths and injuries of both US soldiers and …

Jean Lievens: Chris Skinner on Role of Banks in Social Capitalism

What role for banks in a sharing economy of social capitalism? Chris Skinner I was struck yesterday, as I presented my themes around Digital Bank at a conference, that there’s one area I’ve discussed for a long time, but not blogged about much in-depth. That is the collision of community with commerce via the sharing …