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John Schwartz

Privacy Fears Erode Support for 'MATRIX'

John Schwartz | New York Times | March 14, 2004

Matrix, a controversial program intended to find criminals and terrorists, appears to be withering under its critics' attacks. [more]

Test of Electronic Balloting System Finds Major Security Flaws

John Schwartz | New York Times | January 30, 2004

A report presented to the Maryland state legislature indicated that Diebold voting systems, which have been purchased by many states, are not tamper-proof. [more]

File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech

John Schwartz | New York Times | November 3, 2003

"The students say that, by trying to spread the word about problems with the company’s software, they are performing a valuable form of electronic civil disobedience, one that has broad implications for American society. They also contend that they are protected by fair use exceptions in copyright law." [more]

Report Raises Electronic Vote Security Issues

John Schwartz | New York Times | September 25, 2003

"Electronic voting machine technology used nationwide is 'at high risk of compromise' because of software flaws that could make them vulnerable to computer hackers and voting fraud." [more]

Master Key Copying Revealed

John Schwartz | New York Times | January 23, 2003

"A security researcher has revealed a little-known vulnerability in many locks that lets a person create a copy of the master key for an entire building by starting with any key from that building." [more]

Many Tools of Big Brother Are Up and Running

John Markoff and John Schwartz | New York Times | December 23, 2002

"In the Pentagon research effort to detect terrorism by electronically monitoring the civilian population, the most remarkable detail may be this: Most of the pieces of the system are already in place." [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.
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