How far do you go in the name of national security?How far do you go in the

name of national security?

Digital Fortress

The NSA

• America’s Top Security Agency

• Operations done in total secrecy

• Cryptographers work to crack codes– Susan Fletcher– Commander Strathmore

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NSA’s Code Breaking MachineNSA Held Hostage by Digital Fortress

oAn Unbreakable Code

• Would Cripple U.S. Intelligence• Created by Ensei Tankado

– Ex NSA Cryptographer – Advocate for Personal Privacy and Civil Liberties

• Would Cripple U.S. Intelligence• Created by Ensei Tankado

– Ex NSA Cryptographer – Advocate for Personal Privacy and Civil Liberties

DIGITAL FORTRESSTHE UNBREAKABLE CODEDIGITAL FORTRESSTHE UNBREAKABLE CODE

U.S. Intelligence Agencies

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INTELLIGENCE

F O R T R E SS

Ensei TankadoEnsei Tankado

• Advocate for Personal Privacy• Threatened to make Digital

Fortress Public– Unless NSA made TRANSLTR’s

Existence Known

• Advocate for Personal Privacy• Threatened to make Digital

Fortress Public– Unless NSA made TRANSLTR’s

Existence Known

The code must be broken

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SUSAN’S DILEMMASUSAN’S DILEMMA

• Must find Ensei’s Partner• Her Boyfriend, David Becker

– Sent to Spain to retrieve the code’s pass key

• Must find Ensei’s Partner• Her Boyfriend, David Becker

– Sent to Spain to retrieve the code’s pass key

David Becker

Focus of Novel

Focus of Novel

• The Importance of TRANSLTR • Its Implications in the New Network

Society

• The Importance of TRANSLTR • Its Implications in the New Network

Society

F O C U S F O C U S F O C U S F O C U S

Manuel CastellsManuel Castells

• The Network Society• It’s not purely technology

that defines modern societies. – Cultural Factors– Economical Factors– Political Factors

• The Network Society• It’s not purely technology

that defines modern societies. – Cultural Factors– Economical Factors– Political Factors

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al Economi

cal

The Modern Culture of the United States

The Modern Culture of the United States

• Terrorists threaten the Country• Other Groups threaten Security• NSA’s Argument:

– Government may have to infringe on people’s rights in the name of National Security

• Terrorists threaten the Country• Other Groups threaten Security• NSA’s Argument:

– Government may have to infringe on people’s rights in the name of National Security

Transformation of The Network Society

Transformation of The Network Society

• Because of the Invention of TRANSLTR…– Top NSA officials have access to any

one person’s computer files without them knowing it.

• Because of the Invention of TRANSLTR…– Top NSA officials have access to any

one person’s computer files without them knowing it.

NSA

Civil Liberties vs. National Safety

Civil Liberties vs. National Safety

• Tense relationship between civil liberties and national security.

• Arguments of Opponents of TRANSLTR• Arguments of Supporters of TRANSLTR

• Tense relationship between civil liberties and national security.

• Arguments of Opponents of TRANSLTR• Arguments of Supporters of TRANSLTR

Privacy

!

Security!

Opponents of TRANSLTR

Opponents of TRANSLTR

• Government is violating people’s rights• Government serving as a peeping Tom• The infringements on people’s rights are

unnecessary, counterproductive, and possibly unconstitutional

• Government is violating people’s rights• Government serving as a peeping Tom• The infringements on people’s rights are

unnecessary, counterproductive, and possibly unconstitutional

The Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation

•Institution that defends free speech, privacy, and innovation

Proclaimed the NSA the biggest threat to the free world

•The NSA’s response

Supporters of TRANSLTR / NSA

Supporters of TRANSLTR / NSA

• TRANSLTR safeguards the U.S. from potential threats

• Provides support for FBI, CIA, and DEA.– They would all be flying blind without

TRANSLTR

• TRANSLTR safeguards the U.S. from potential threats

• Provides support for FBI, CIA, and DEA.– They would all be flying blind without

TRANSLTR

Without TRANSLTR…

Without TRANSLTR…

•There would be total chaosDrug cartels’ shipments would become untraceableMajor corporations could transfer money with no paper trail and leave IRS in the coldTerrorists could chat in total secrecy

Commander Trevor Strathmore

Commander Trevor Strathmore

•Insists that the public needs the NSA to break codes in order to keep the peace

•It may involve shaking a few trees and looking for bad apples, but in the end, most citizens would gladly sacrifice some privacy to know that the bad guys can’t maneuver uncheckedI’ll give you my privacy for security.

Deal!

The Biggest Threat to the NSA

The Biggest Threat to the NSA

• The people of the United States– They have lost faith in the NSA– They have become paranoid– They see the NSA as the enemy

• The people of the United States– They have lost faith in the NSA– They have become paranoid– They see the NSA as the enemy

NSA: What do they Say?

NSA: What do they Say?

• They truly have the nation’s best interest at heart, and prevent people from witnessing the horrors they would face if they did not intervene.

• They truly have the nation’s best interest at heart, and prevent people from witnessing the horrors they would face if they did not intervene.

Our Best

Interests

Review:Digital Fortress

Review:Digital Fortress

• Conveys the necessity to infringe upon people’s rights in the name of national security

• How a group of cryptographers will go to any lengths to continue providing safety

• Conveys the necessity to infringe upon people’s rights in the name of national security

• How a group of cryptographers will go to any lengths to continue providing safety

In Today’s World…

In Today’s World…

•We are not quite up to speed with the technologies of Digital Fortress, but we do face privacy issues in this evolving network society.

•We must ask ourselves: How much are we willing to compromise our civil liberties in the name of national security?