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Barack Obama: one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age--the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be…

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age--the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used by adversaries to inflict great harm.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama highlights the dual nature of technology in the context of cyber threats.

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