By Jose Alvarez | Staff Writer | “Unfriended” is a low budget film that has been making a lot of noise around CSUSB lately. The movie was released on April 17 with what seemed to be low expectations from everyone. If you ask me, the movie was pretty decent. What’s unique about the film is that we, the audience, view it as if it were a Skype call. The screenwriter, Nelson Greaves, used an unknown spirit that invades the Skype transmission. The plot goes as follows: Laura Barns was a victim of cyber-bullying after a video was posted online of her passed out at a party. After the embarrassing video was uploaded on YouTube, another video was posted of … [Read more...] about “Unfriended” is not your typical horror film
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Government features CSUSB cyber security
By Marlyn Rodriguez and Marion Gil |Asst. Managing Editor and News Editor| The CSUSB cyber security program was featured in an article on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)website. CSUSB’s cyber security program aims to prepare students in occupations that protect government agencies from hackers. “Cyber Security is an important field because it touches all aspects of modern life,” said Tony Coulson, director of the cyber security program at CSUSB. “Your personal information is your digital currency. Job growth and opportunities in this area are endless.” This program has become available to students through funding from the NSF CyberCorps: Scholarships for Services (SFS) … [Read more...] about Government features CSUSB cyber security
CISPA is a threat to privacy
By Sara Nydam |Staff Writer| There is a new bill being considered by Congress that if passed, will eat away at your privacy. Any information shared by the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act “could theoretically end up in The Department of Defense or in the hands of the National Security Agency,” according to the LA Times. If CISPA is passed you should be worried about your privacy every time you access the Internet. “The government would be allowed to share ‘cyber threat intelligence’ with private companies and they in turn share ‘cyber threat information’ with the government to increase cyber security,” according to techdirt.com. CISPA is innocently presented as … [Read more...] about CISPA is a threat to privacy