Monday, March 30, 2009

And what about citizen journalism in the military?

Gadi Evron, the Israeli security expert, in Dark Reading:
Think, for a moment, about the potential chaos of [military citizen journalism]: SMS messages from soldiers up front telling of deaths before families can be notified, or live videos of bloody battles recorded from cell phones and sent to the press. . . .

This month, two civilian incidents in the United States illustrated the problem Israel faced -- and open the broader discussion about how new social technologies impact our organizational security, and our own privacy.
More here.

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