Free open-source software, by its nature, is unlikely to feature secret back doors that lead directly to Langley, Va.

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

Calling China's online censorship system a 'Great Firewall' is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the right tools.

Cybercriminals are usually driven by profit, while cyberterrorists are driven by ideology.

Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in greater happiness of everyone involved.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights Watch. It's going to be pornography, 'Sex and the City,' or maybe funny videos of cats.