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Snowden vs. Citizenfour: The Story of an American Hero? Snowden and Citizenfour are films that attempt to retell the story of Edward Joseph Snowden. A man who was fed up with over extension of power in the government and wanted to show the citizens of America just what their government was capable of and how their privacy was almost non-existent. He downloaded thousands of files from the NSA. The films try their best to show the story as accurately as possible. However, can a film truly depict…

We envision a digital system through which the government would distribute resources and solicit input. Our project is called BOTS.GOV, where, by utilizing the aforementioned technology trends, we will give citizens a way to talk directly to their government and of accessing troves of open data (i.e., the bot finds it) and government processes and services (i.e., the bot assists in filling out forms and wading through bureaucratic processes), and informing governments (via the bot) about…

thousands of people reported the phone was busted into fire. Issue 1 Source In fiscal year 2013, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) received a notification listed cyber incidents from major agencies and it was found that these major agencies did not consistently…

Snowden: The Hero The World Needs Whistle blowing is a very controversial and delicate topic in the world today. It defines whether a person is a hero or a traitor. The Snowden NSA leakage is the perfect example of controversy. Edward Snowden, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee as well as a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, blew the whistle in 2013. He was the face behind the world’s the biggest whistleblowing case in U.S. history. He exposed how the U.S. government’s…

Through going up in Green Bay and De Pere, Wisconsin, there has always been a topic that has continuously appeared and disappeared. That is the condition of the Fox River, throughout my childhood I was never able to fully use the river to swim or fish within. That is because of the dangerously high levels of pollution that are within the water. The river has been found to have 209 chemicals found in a study by Sharon A. Fitzgerald and Jeffrey J. Steuer. Throughout my studies, I have found great…

major developed economies, which highly depend on the Internet. Therefore they are both remarkably exposed to cyber war. In addition, we will see how both actors use cyber warfare to towards each other. Cyber warfare is defined as “actions by nation-state used to invade another nation´s networks or computer to cause damage and disruption.” Today we can also see that cyber warfare is being used by terrorist organizations, companies, political or ideological extremist groups as well. From a…

play a game, which will lead to them to a sex offender. Everywhere is not safe for a child to be wandering around playing a game. Parents deleted the game off of the children phone, so they won’t Because a bunch of accidents were occurring, some states banned the game. To avoid any complications, they got rid of the game altogether. As a result, less people were getting injured. Also, the crime rates decreased in the territory that banned the…

best served by having this case done in a State court as the issue is a matter of product liability and does not fall into the federal court system guidelines for them taking this case. Since all parties involved are from different states and the long arm statutes in this case can be used, as “The Supreme Court stated that, with the advancement of modern communication and transportation, it is usually not unfair to require a party to defend itself in a state in which it conducts some business…

The wages currently enforced by the U.S. government do not provide enough income to maintain an entire family, and therefore changes must be made to better serve these people. A family made up of a married couple and a child in the United States average an annual cost of $56,176 (Inc, 1). This number gives perspective to the huge boundaries a family in which relies on one member who only earns minimum wage. It is truly astounding that such situations exist. Furthermore, the minimum wage…

What happens when the air communication system fails and all the airplanes in the air receive misinformation? What happens when all the personal data of every single American is stolen? What happens when all the nuclear plants and the all atomic bombs control are taken by unknown individuals? What happens when all the government confidential documents are stolen without anyone notice them? Thinking about all these scenarios can remind us of sci-fi movies, but there is a good possibility that all…