LegalTech 2014 got off to a fascinating start with a compelling keynote address by Jason Thomas of Thomson Reuters entitled, “TOR, Bitcoin and the Anonymous Web: Drugs, Bombs and Murder-for-Hire.” Thomas provided a chilling overview of the dark underbelly of technology today and issued a challenge to everyone who uses technology in their everyday lives.
Adapting a Winston Churchill expression to today’s tech environment, Thomas said, “we build tech and tech builds us,” but in ways we don’t realize. Aside from allowing us to spy on our friends and present “curated profiles of ourselves” on social media, technology has created challenges and opportunities that even the average device-addicted person doesn’t understand.
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