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SUMMARY:Thomas Rid: "2084: Cryptography\, Magic\, and Politics" - Professo
 r Thomas Rid (War Studies\, King's College London)
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*Please note: title of this talk differs from the one original
 ly advertised*\n\n*Abstract*\n\nWhere does the extraordinary political and
  emotional appeal of encryption come from? To understand the future of the
  politics of encryption\, we must first understand its past. The art and s
 cience of secret writing had a unique\, dark\, and magnetic appeal for cen
 turies. Indeed the origins of the study of secret writing are not in scien
 ce and mathematics\, but in 'magick' thinking of the Renaissance. Yet 20th
  century historians of cryptography have deliberately ignored the non-scie
 ntific history of secret writing. As encryption is becoming ever more ubiq
 uitous and ever more politically charged\, it is time to confront its anci
 ent angels and demons.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\nThomas Rid is a professor
  in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.\n\nHis most 
 recent book is _Rise of the Machines_ (June 2016). It tells the sweeping s
 tory of how cybernetics\, a late-1940s theory of machines\, came to incite
  anarchy and war half a century later. His recent research article\, “At
 tributing Cyber Attacks\,” was designed to explain\, guide\, and improve
  the identification of network breaches (_Journal of Strategic Studies_\, 
 2015). Rid’s book _Cyber War Will Not Take Place_ (Oxford University Pre
 ss/Hurst 2013) analysed political computer network intrusions\; a Chinese 
 translation is forthcoming with the People’s Publishing House. His text 
 “Deterrence Beyond the State” (Contemporary Security Policy 2012) open
 ed a fresh conceptual angle on the deterrence debate by exploring Israel
 ’s experience with non-state militants. His articles have appeared in ma
 jor English\, French\, and German peer-reviewed journals as well as magazi
 nes and news outlets.\n\n*About the Technology and Democracy Project*\n\nC
 o-directed by Professor John Naughton and Professor David Runciman\, this 
 project is exploring the implications of digital technology for democracy.
 \n\n*All Welcome*\n
LOCATION: Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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