There’s no understanding trans-Atlantic privacy politics, nor policy, without recognizing Germany’s pre-1989 memories of the Stasi regime, which enforced conformity through spying.
From publicity and hacker humiliation to machine-learning algorithms and taxonomy, we outline the factors leading to names such as Melissa, Stuxnet, Nimda, and Code Red.
We’ve come a long way since 1991. Follow the major moves, from the launch of Berners-Lee’s security-light WorldWideWeb to Google’s disabling of plug-ins like Flash for Chrome.
