For a number of years now, I’ve subscribed to an e-mail version of comp.risks, RISKS-L. This list/Usenet site details “risks to the public in computers and related systems.” While that doesn’t sound like much fun, it’s a fascinating (moderated) collection of information and posts about security, privacy, and unintended consequences of the computerized systems we come to depend upon. It’s organized by the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy. Fascinating reading every time one of the digests comes out. At a minimum, anyone in the IT field should read this.
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This is good stuff. Alternately hilarious, horrifying, and thought-provoking.