Digital Universe: The Global Telecommunication Revolution
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    • Chapter 1 -- Introduction
    • Chapter 2 -- Thinkling about Moore's Law
    • Chapter 3 -- Critical Perspectives
    • Chapter 4 -- Origins of the Internet
    • Chapter 5 -- Internet Evolution
    • Chapter 6 -- The Web
    • Chapter 7 -- Telecommunication and the "Flat" world
    • Chapter 8 -- Digital Media Convergence
    • Chapter 9 -- The Public and Private Internet
    • Chapter 10 -- Censorship and Global Cyberculture
    • Chapter 11 -- The Dark Side
    • Chapter 12 -- Wired and Wireless Communication Technologies
    • Chapter 13 -- Virtual and Augmented Worlds
    • Chapter 14 -- The Future of the Digital Universe
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Links to additional related content for Chapter 11 -- The Dark Side... of the Internet


The classic 1890 Harvard Law Review article by Warren and Brandeis -- "The Right to Privacy" -- can be read at this link. The article defined personal privacy as the "right to be let alone."

The 2008 LifeLock commercial that featured CEO Todd Davis' Social Security Number (SSN) posted on a moving billboard can be accessed at YouTube here. After this commercial aired nationally in the U.S., his identity was successfully stolen multiple times.

The Surveillance Camera Players Ten-Year Report (2006) documenting their activities in New York city can be accessed at this link. They provided Figure 11.4 in the book that documented known surveillance camera locations in the Times Square area of the city.

The U.S. Cyber Command's Mission Statement is accessible online here. The new command was fully activated on October 31, 2010 and is headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland near Washington, D.C.