Published February 24th, 2003
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Joichi Ito wrote an interesting piece in the South China Morning Post where he mentions using technology to radically change Japan. When I met Joi I got the feeling that he was really progressive and eager to change this system the piece reaffirms that.
But in a country that forces people to play by the rules, and for someone with such a high profile, I wonder how closely he is being watched? Japan often reminds me of America during the 60’s, with very little oversight of monitoring activities and anyone who spoke out was considered a threat to national security.
Here is one of the drafts of the article, since the China Post site requires registration. http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/02/06/draft_of_oped_for_the_south_china_morning_post.html
Continue reading ‘A call to arms?’
Published February 20th, 2003
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Last night I moderated a seminar on “THE STATE OF CYBER SECURITY & INTERNET SURVEILLANCE” held in NYC. It was an interesting event mostly attended by lawyers. I think I gained a deeper understanding of technology issues from a legal perspective.
When I sat down at the table, I turned to the woman sitting next to me and introduced myself, while I was doing that someone chimed in “he used to be a hacker!” Her response was “oh really? I’m the Federal Prosecutor for computer crimes in New York State.”
After explaining that I was a law abiding professional we got along pretty well and the event turn out great.
Afterwards some of the panel members went out to dinner. One of the members was Christopher Chiu, a technology policy analyst for the ACLU.
I explained to him, playing devils advocate that I didn’t understand what the fear of having a national identification system was. I had participated in something similar being a foreigner in Japan and I was never worried because I was never involved in illegal activates.
We (a bunch of lawyers and me) came conclusion that America just doesn’t have a good track record of respecting human rights. It was only a generation ago that we held Japanese in detainment camps and blacks are still stopped for walking in the wrong neighborhood.
I’ll be writing a piece on this. But what do you feel about this? What’s the big deal anyway?
Continue reading ‘National ID System, is it really that bad?’
Published February 6th, 2003
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I will be appearing on CNN Headline News this Friday at 7:45PM EST.
CNN Headline News and CNN are different channels. I hope you can tune in.
Continue reading ‘On CNN Friday 7th.’
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