Posts tagged “policy”

I just got my green card after a six-year wait, so I've been thinking hard about why Americans should support immigration reform. The short answer: immigration is basic economics. It creates wealth for everyone, keeps goods affordable, and immigrants only come when jobs exist. Love your country? Make immigration easier.

A British think-tank wants to give children the vote to counter the outsized electoral influence of elderly voters. Lowering the voting age to 14 sounds reasonable, but parents voting on behalf of infants? Not so sure about that part.

I explore two opposing views on disclosing security vulnerabilities. Full disclosure with exploit code may spike attacks but drives patching. Secrecy spreads attacks over time with less patching. Both extremes seem wrong: publicize vulnerabilities, yes, but step-by-step attack guides go too far.