A controversy over a secretly installed data monitoring system is simmering at university campuses across California.
Last summer, hackers broke into the computer network at the UCLA medical center. A few months later, the University of California system’s president quietly ordered a new security system to monitor Internet traffic on all UC campuses.
“And the people who had to put the box in place were ordered to do so and also ordered to keep quiet about it,” says Ethan Ligon, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
From At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity : All Tech Considered : NPR
A controversy over a secretly installed data monitoring system is simmering at university campuses across California.
Last summer, hackers broke into the computer network at the UCLA medical center. A few months later, the University of California system’s president quietly ordered a new security system to monitor Internet traffic on all UC campuses.
“And the people who had to put the box in place were ordered to do so and also ordered to keep quiet about it,” says Ethan Ligon, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
From At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity : All Tech Considered : NPR
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