In Governance Now, Vishal Misra argues that Free Basics violates net neutrality

The Facebook-promoted service gives competitive advantages to some websites and not others, violating the principle of an open Internet.

Vishal Misra sees Indian regulators’ brutal letter as “devastating” blow to Facebook

Of particular concern to regulators is Facebook’s “self-appointed spokesmanship” for millions of Indians.

Kathryn Angeles earns fellowship for student affairs officers

She is the first to be awarded the ACPA CASHE Fellowship.

Spatial Computing article, coauthored by Steven Feiner, is CACM cover story

From GPS to Google Maps to location-based services, geographic location is important to the computational process, requiring a new computing paradigm.

“Lot to learn before 5th generation network is launched,” says Henning Schulzrinne.

Future-generation networks warrant reducing operational complexity and integrating many types of networks.

He expects a 5G rollout in 2020.

When it comes to Net Neutrality, apples are equal to oranges

Another day, another data breach

Steven Bellovin’s blog examines the Anthem data breach, and explains why encryption alone would not have prevented hackers from gaining access.

What can be done to protect disk drive firmware from attacks such as those launched by the so-called Equation Group?

According to Steve Bellovin, not much.

Facebook just announced support for PGP, an encrypted mail standard. It sounds good, but there are major usability issues as Steve Bellovin points out in a blog post.

Facebook’s follow-on moves will be telling.

Year: 2016