The broomstick at the door: security and privacy in different times

Intro

In old, more secure(?) times, Estonians had the custom of placing a broomstick against the door to denote that nobody is home - the practice still lives in some remote places [1]. Today's situation, however, is different.

Links

• History of Computer Security - a collection of historical papers on computer security
• Wikipedia: Computer Security - lacks social aspects somewhat
• Computers:Security @dmoz.org - a big pile of links
• Early Computer Security Papers - some more papers (mostly technical)
• A Short History of Computer Viruses and Attacks @Washington Post - a popular-style story
• A Brief History of Information Security - from the Information Security M.Sc programme at Lewis University
• Firewalls and Internet Security - some history too

Reference

• Island - an essay by Kaia Lehari, contains the broomstick example.