Monday, January 24, 2011

Tron and Wikileaks: Comparisons

For a time when the internet and digital blogging and interfacing was a thing of the future, Tron predicted in a humble and entertaining way the future of our own security.  In terms of the uses of security and privacy on the internet, Wikileaks has opened a floodgate of controversy.  Watching the film you see how Flynn was an early hacker trying to foil a larger scheme of a cyber security fiasco.  Their similarities comes down to the privacy and security questions of how we hide and maintain secret information in large organizations.  It can be dangerous for documents to be leaked as the Secretary of State has pointed out repeatedly in response to the WikiLeaks phenomena. 

As the internet grows, there becomes more information to obtain.  Whether it's bad, secret, or dangerous information that could be detrimental to lives is in question.  Yet, there seems to be a rebellious cry from Americans who are distrust-worthy of the government and want to expose their secrets.  This is the dilemma that we are faced with.  How secret should we allow ourselves to be when it concerns to government information?  

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