Privacy and Secrecy in the Digital Age

January 21, 2016
18:30–20:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

In an age of terrorism, threats are increasingly hard to detect and prevent. Governments claim the need for greater security and seek to monitor global communications, while citizens, more willing than ever to share, demand greater protection of their digital privacy. How has the information age changed the way we think about and value privacy and secrecy? - How are secrets being used as an...
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