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Deport on Arrival: Adventures in Technology, Politics, and Power
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You are not authorized to post comments.J. Alex Halderman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan
Last year, my colleagues and I were accused by unnamed intelligence officials of being a "foreign conspiracy" to destabilize a major democracy and narrowly escaped being thrown onto an airplane and deported from that country—all for publishing a research paper (Wolchok et al., CCS 2010). In this talk I will share this story and other research adventures from my work in DRM, electronic voting, and Internet censorship—areas that lie at the intersection of technology and political power. These topics touch on computer security issues that affect the relationship between individuals and government, and scientists working to understand these issues have an obligation not only to speak truth to power but also to explain technical realities directly to the people. We will travel from Manhattan alleyways to Mumbai jail cells, meeting powerful foes and making lasting friendships along the way.
J. Alex Halderman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan
J. Alex Halderman is an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan. His research spans applied computer security and tech-centric public policy, including topics such as software security, data privacy, electronic voting, censorship resistance, digital rights management, and cybercrime, as well as technological aspects of intellectual property law and government regulation.
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author = {J. Alex Halderman},
title = {Deport on Arrival: Adventures in Technology, Politics, and Power},
booktitle = {20th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 11)},
year = {2011},
address = {San Francisco, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-security-11/deport-arrival-adventures-technology-politics-and-power},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug
}
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