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Until it gets hacked, e-government sounds just great
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 23/11/2017
» A group of Czech security researchers earlier this year discovered a way to steal identities from electronic ID cards used in a number of countries, known in the cryptography industry as a ROCA vulnerability. So far, the vulnerability has caused problems in Estonia -- the country with perhaps the most comprehensive e-identification and e-government system in the world -- and in Spain. Former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, a tireless promoter of his country's e-democracy, has said that other countries and institutions have the same problem, too; they're just not talking openly about it. He's very likely right.
Authoritarian cryptocurrencies are on the march
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 18/10/2017
» With Russia and China both embracing the idea of sovereign cryptocurrencies, it's time to ask a simple question: Why is a technology threatening to decentralise money so attractive to highly centralised, authoritarian regimes?
TPB chief gets to work
News, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2017
» The dynamic and sometimes controversial leader of the newly formed Tourism Police Bureau (TPB) is off to a roaring start. Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan led heavily publicised raids on Koh Samui last week. This week he's in Phuket, targeting what he calls "mafia operations" on that tourist-friendly island. The high-profile Pol Maj Gen Surachet is making current headlines but there are questions about his priorities.
Belt and Road mustn't pave way for crime
News, Kittipong Kittayarak, Published on 15/09/2017
» The Belt and Road Initiative is designed to promote economic integration across an enormous area, from the Pacific to Europe, from Asia through the Middle East to Africa.
Emerging crimes, developing responses
News, Kittipong Kittayarak, Published on 14/08/2017
» When it comes to crime and justice in today's fast-changing, technologically advanced, globalised world, we need to be aware that our growing interconnectedness, while being a boon, also brings with it complex, intertwined social systems. This is changing the way society functions, the problems associated with it and the ways in which we respond to it.
Facebook too big a platform to allow fake users
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 10/08/2017
» There's something in common between the amazing story of "Nicole Mincey", the pseudonymous Twitter user with 146,000 followers who was retweeted by US President Donald Trump and then disappeared overnight along with a few other online personae, and a recent prank by a Berliner frustrated with his inability to get Twitter to remove hate speech. The common element is the obvious solution to both problems, which rarely surfaces in discussions of trolling, fake news and cyberbullying.
Where life and reality TV meet
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 12/06/2017
» Over the past weeks, two young women from Thailand made international news for wildly different reasons: one was Ariya Jutanugarn, a female golf player who was recently recognised as the world's No.2, the other Preeyanuch "Preaw" Nonwangchai, an attractive karaoke girl who allegedly murdered and dismembered another woman earlier this month.
About poliitics
News, Published on 10/06/2017
» Police chief slammed for jumping the gun in ruling out link murder-drug ring link v Deputy permanent secretary for justice on the hunt for posh cars despite frustrations v Somchai says independent agencies should conform to the same 'reset' requirement.
Media turn murder into one big circus
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/06/2017
» There is extreme hatred and unchecked condemnation, horror and loathing. Emotions definitely run high as the karaoke girl murder case keeps unfolding while questions about the standard of the police's work, their treatment of murder suspects and the country's criminal justice process in general explode.
Virtual cash not a global panacea
News, Satyajit Das, Published on 23/05/2017
» Even now, after the chaos caused by India's decision last November to eliminate nearly 90% of its banknotes, few people would argue with the policy's underlying assumption: Going cashless is, if handled well, a good thing. Yet the fact is, most arguments in favour of demonetisation don't stand up to scrutiny. And those that do should raise other concerns.