Sienna
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An Even Higher Education
Recently I was thinking about whether or not I wanted to pursue higher education, well, an even HIGHER education that is. I never really thought I would be interested in pursuing a doctorate but thinking about it more and more it doesn’t seem like a terrible idea. I really have a few things I am looking at but the deadline to apply to UC Berkeley is December this year so I have a few months to think about it and get it together. Berkeley is likely the only place I would want to apply due to its proximity for where I live. The worst that can happen is my application is rejected. They only accept about 3-7 students out of hundreds of applicants. I am a bit worried about whether or not I am “good enough” to get in to such a prestigious school. I know everyone says its hard to be successful in tech or security without a CS degree and while I don’t have one yet, I’m also not interested in pursuing one either. There is an Information Systems PhD in the iSchool or information school that seems like it is more appealing to me and would fit the types of things I want to study and learn about. ...Privacy Perspective
I like that this paper has some ideas that privacy is difficult to define but maybe, similarly to the concept of “cybersecurity” as a whole, is there much work on the thought that privacy is more of an umbrella term and why is is difficult to descibe or define is because there are many types and the day to day person is not as familiar with the possibility there can not only be more than one type but more than one definition. ...Evolution of Social Media
Earlier this week I saw a tweet about a new social media app. It focuses on using AI edited images of a user into fantasy scenarios or whatever they want really and it got me thinking about how much social media has changed over time. Now disclaimer: this might be my most boomer take as a gen Z individual. I was on Facebook around the time I moved to public school from private school and back then, my timeline was only ever people I knew in real life or wanted to. But eventually, it became filled with people I didn’t know or who were tangential friends to even those I barely knew myself whether that be a classmate or someone I went to summer camp with years prior. It became a competition to have the most likes on statuses or how many friends you had in comparison to others. ...