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During man’s history, the advent of technology has been pivotal in driving grand transformations of society. The Industrial Revolution (1760–1820) however, occurred over more than a century and affected predominately western civilization. The personal computing and Internet revolution has in 30 years produced a far greater impact and on a global scale.
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Gregory, M.A., Glance, D. (2013). Introduction. In: Security and the Networked Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02390-8_1
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