I found myself drawn to the interview of Bruce Schneider,
who maintains a blog on security and cryptography. I find web security a
particularly interesting subject, such as the ease of revealing personal info
through browsing the web.
What stood out to me about the interview was how he
originally began blogging. He has been on the web from its beginnings for
public access, first obtaining an e-mail address in 1987. He started out
maintaining a monthly e-mail newsletter, containing similar content to his
current blog. After some resistance he eventually transitioned to writing a
blog. So, Schneider actually saw and took part in the cultural shift on the
internet, switching from a monthly newsletter to the newer format of a
regularly updated blog.
As for the actual blog, I read some of the recent posts and
found myself reading much longer than I had anticipated. I saw a few stories
that I recall encountering online over the previous weeks, such as a study on
how Smarter People are More Trusting, and research on Determining Locations of Twitter Users. I will likely be returning to this blog regularly, and I likely
would not have found it if it weren’t for this prompt.
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