Bill Blunden
Bill Blunden (computer security analyst) | |
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Born | December 3, 1969 |
Nationality | US |
Founder of | Below Gotham Labs |
US computer security analyst. |
Bill Blunden is a US computer security analyst.
Career
Blunden has worked with ERP middleware, developed code for network security appliances, and taken various detours through academia. His current areas of research touch on anti-forensics and institutional analysis.[1]
Publications
Blunden has written a number of IT books including Cube Farm, Software Exorcism, Offshoring IT and The Rootkit Arsenal. In the domain of the social sciences, he has co-authored articles related to 9/11 that have appeared in academic publications such as Peace and Conflict:Journal of Peace Psychology and Aggressive Behavior.
In light of all this covert and overt subversion, asking if a product is secure is posing the wrong question. The appropriate question is this: Which faction of clandestine agencies have access? Early on, Silicon Valley grasped that the Snowden affair was a public relations matter: a narrative that they could hijack to sell new tech. Never mind that the stuff they’re selling tends to spy on us. It goes without saying that assurances will be offered: promises that the new and improved tech is more secure," and that they’ve turned over a new leaf. They’ve learned their lesson. They’re all about privacy now — just make sure to read the fine print.[2]
A Document by Bill Blunden
Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) |
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File:Manufactured consent and cyberwar.pdf | Conference Proceedings | June 2010 | "Cyberwarfare" |