FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Spying has probably been going on from time immemorial. Countries spying on each other, governments spying on their citizens, political parties spying on each other and companies spying for industrial secrets. However, with the advent of technology, especially the internet, it is less dependent on human intelligence and more on technical intelligence. Now that we are all so interconnected through our various devices, we are vulnerable to the invasion of our private spaces. Even innocent-looking devices like Alexa know more about you than you ever know. However, the latest public reckoning of spying, which has stirred the government into vigilance, has come from elsewhere. Late in January, a Chinese ‘weather balloon’ spotted high over American skies—borne along by high winds all the way from Alaska to South Carolina, at an incredible…
