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BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
May 20, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media

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[1] [TODAY 5/20/09] Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group with Aaron Shaw on "Polanyi's Penguin? Commons-Based Industry in the Neoliberal Knowledge Economy"; Colleen Kaman on "The World in the Network"; Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on "Mundane Tools and Mobilizational Practices in Two U.S. Congressional Campaigns" (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2009/05/harvard)

[2] [SATURDAY 5/23/09] Information Superhighway Six: The Tim and Diana Show Edition (http://cyber.harvard.edu/node/5366)

[3] [TUESDAY 5/26/09] Berkman Center Luncheon Series on "Caught in the Cloud: Privacy, Encryption, and Government Back Doors in the Web 2.0 Era" with Christopher Soghoian, Berkman Fellow (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2009/05/soghoian)


[TODAY] HARVARD-MIT-YALE CYBERSCHOLARS
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5/20/09, 6:00 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room
RSVP to ltsui@cyber.harvard.edu

The "Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group" is a forum for fellows and affiliates of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, Yale Law School Information Society Project, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School to discuss their ongoing research. Each session is focused on the peer review and discussion of current projects submitted by a presenter. Meeting alternatively at Harvard, MIT, Yale, the working group aims to expand the shared knowledge of young scholars by bringing together these preeminent centers of thought on issues confronting the information age. Discussion sessions are designed to facilitate advancements in the individual research of presenters and in turn encourage exposure among the participants to the multi-disciplinary features of the issues addressed by their own work.

This month's event will feature Aaron Shaw on "Polanyi's Penguin? Commons-Based Industry in the Neoliberal Knowledge Economy"; Colleen Kaman on "The World in the Network"; and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on "Mundane Tools and Mobilizational Practices in Two U.S. Congressional Campaigns"

For more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2009/05/harvard


[SATURDAY] INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY: THE TIM AND DIANA SHOW EDITION
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5/23/09, 8:00 PM - 12:00 midnight
Berkman Squared, 50 Church Street, Cambridge MA
RSVP on Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2658966/

Boston is full of cool Internet people. Why aren't they meeting each other?

INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY is Boston's monthly party gathering hackers, activists, artists, designers, nonprofits, startups, academics and general geekery to hang out and connect with one another.

More information: http://cyber.harvard.edu/node/5366


[TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on PRIVACY, ENCRYPTION, AND GOVERNMENT BACK DOORS IN THE WEB 2.0 ERA
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5/26/09, 12:30 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room
RSVP is required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.harvard.edu).

Topic: Caught in the Cloud: Privacy, Encryption, and Government Back Doors in the Web 2.0 Era
Guest: Christopher Soghoian, Berkman Fellow

It is now more than 30 years since the invention of public key cryptography. Yet today, the vast majority of Internet users still transmit their own personal information over networks without any form of encryption. When most users log in to Google Mail or Facebook using the increasingly ubiquitous free wireless networks in public places, they face a very real risk of theft and hijacking of their online accounts. While skilled technical experts and corporations have easy access to effective security technologies, most consumers still lack basic privacy online. The question we must ask is why?

The shift to cloud computing exposes end-users to an increased risk of privacy invasion and fraud by hackers. In this presentation, I will argue that this increased risk is primarily a result of cost-motivated design decisions on the part of the cloud providers, who have repeatedly opted to forgo strong security solutions already in widespread use by other Internet services.

Cloud computing also leaves users vulnerable to significant invasions of privacy by the government, resulting in the evisceration of traditional Fourth Amendment protections. I will argue that the fault for this privacy harm does not lie with the service providers; but the inherently coercive powers the government can flex at will.

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2009/05/soghoian


OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 5/27-5/29/09 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference (http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/index.php?page=167)

[2] 6/18-6/20/09 19th Annual Conference for Law School Computing // CALI (http://w.cali.org/conference/)

[3] 6/19-6/20/09 Open Video Conference at NYU (http://openvideoconference.org/)

[4] 6/22-6/24/09 Open Translation Tools 2009 (http://aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation/2009)


DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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Did you miss this week's luncheon talk? Catch up with Berkman videos, podcasts, pictures, and dig in to our archive at http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive.

-RADIO BERKMAN: "NBC vs. the Pirates" (http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman122)

-BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES with on "Governing the Digital Commons" with DAVID BOLLIER (http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/events/luncheons/2009/05/bollier)


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