From Moore's Law to Moore's Outlaws
You must have heard of Moore’s law. Technically, it was an observation/ prediction made by Intel co-founder, Gordon Moore, way back in 1965 that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years (even as the cost of computers halved in the same period). But it’s held up for so long (except the 2 years period changed to 18 months), that it’s been called a “law”. The benefits are very visible: smaller, more powerful devices, affordable to all. With all those benefits, a parallel thing emerged: there’s a piece of software for everything under the sun. Which brings its own set of risks, warns Marc Goodman in Future Crimes . He cites many examples, but I’ll just list a few. In older times, if a burglar wanted to target a particular home, he’d look for “a pile of newspapers in front of the house or a porch light that remained off at night”. In Burglary 2.0, criminals search your postings on Facebook and Twitter to identify when you plan to be on vaca...