It’s been one week of war now. One week of immense sorrow. One week of reading more news than ever before in such a short time: Zelensky, Putin, Kiev, Kharkiv, Cherson, Territorial Defense Unit/Brigade, women signing up for frontline duty – the list in my dreams and nightmares go on and on.
Author: danni
Book review: The Perfect Weapon
“The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics like nothing since the invention of the atomic bomb” it says on the back cover, and Sanger dives into cyberweapons and their implications on national and international security.
Book review: Twitter and tear gas
Occasionally I acquire a book that simply gives me goosebumps and a joy to read. I feel honored to even hold the book in my hands. Zeynep Tufekci is the programmer turned sociologist, the associate professor studying technology’s impact on social movements, protests and surveillance capitalism.
Book review: This is how they tell me the world ends
What is a zero-day? You may have heard news involving zero-days or zero-day exploits without actually reading those words, or you actually have read about zero-days, such as the Pegasus Project and the NSO Group? Nicole Perlroth is an American journalist focused on cybersecurity and digital espionage and did recently release her first book, This is how they tell me the world ends.
A book that changed my life
Most of can relate to, and reminisce, a moment in our life when we made an important choice, when we reach a subtle decision point. Not long ago I was on my way out of a bookstore when I suddenly caught the attention of a book I had seen before, but disregarded: Deep Work by Cal Newport.
Reasons and responsibilites to protect personal data
I wrote about personal data in two strategies, namely the so-called Digitalization strategy and the National strategy for cyber security. Who is responsible for protecting personal data and what are the reasons to protect personal data? Is there a gender perspective present?
Book review: Privacy is power
Carissa is an associate professor at the University of Oxford and has led an extensive research project on privacy, Data, privacy & the individual. Here, I will present some topics of the book for the interested. I should emphasize that this review concerns the 2020 edition.
Idea accepted
After many days of straying like a lost dog around the different ideas, I settled on one idea.
Time to decide
I’ve reached the point in my education in political science where I have to choose. Choose a subject I wish to pursue. It can be anything. That’s not me however.