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Our final seminar allowed us to discuss whatever topic we desired. As a class, we agreed upon the topic of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. The title for this week was “The Internet of Value: Emerging Applications of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency.” This

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Frenemies?

Our guest speaker this past week, Dr. Latanya Sweeney, opened discussion by asking the question; “Is the Internet our friend or foe?” By simply examining the surface of the Internet such as helpful tools like Google, Youtube, and Wikipedia, one

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Cyber Chase

This past week, Google acknowledged the issue regarding online political ads stating that they would implement new disclosure rules for these ads including reporting their funding source and what users they are targeting (source). In past weeks, we’ve discussed how

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Anonymity of the Internet

This past week with Professor Zittrain, we explored the topic of Internet governance and jurisdiction since the birth of the web. One of the ideas that stuck with me was that there was an absence of a desire to make

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Voting in the Age of the Internet

At first glance, the success and easiness of e-commerce seems like it should translate to e-voting. However, voting does not directly correlate to online commerce because there are different reasons for commerce and voting. The capital world wants and benefits

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Selective Transparency

This week David Eaves joined our discussion and shared his views and experiences about open government to our class. The Internet age has not necessarily changed government yet, but has raised many questions in the eyes of the citizens about

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Does s/he think?

This week’s discussion managed to bridge two of my interests: computer science and the comparative study of religions. Entering college, I have been considering a concentration in computer science with a secondary in the comparative study of religions. Both fields

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Hey, Alexa, publish my latest post.

On Tuesday, I FaceTimed my mom. During one part of our conversation, the Alexa back at home chimed in and started talking. This reminded me of our seminar discussion and showed me how the Internet of Things is beginning to

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Echo Chamber of Individualism

This past week, we started to discuss the effects of the modern Internet. We discussed censorship in China which was an eye opening topic for me because I’ve never had the opportunity to talk about different uses/restrictions of the Internet

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Birth of the Internet and Hidden Sexism

Before writing this post, I wanted to look at a few of our classmates posts. Amanda’s post, Why won’t programmers wear shoes?, caught my attention. I received an email earlier in the day from Harvard College Women’s Center. They listed an

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