Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas - Fringe 2023 Cybercrime is not just for criminals

Take one top academics, some dangerous ideas, add one comedian and it’s the force of nature that is the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CODI).

Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, and now in its eleventh year, CODI is sixty minutes of rapid-fire research from some of the finest minds in the country.

Hackers are convicted for cybercrime. But should the collection and sale of personal data from social media be classed as a cybercrime? Is it a crime for parents to allow their children mobile phones with access to the internet? If manufacturers knowingly sell insecure devices that give access inside our homes, is this a cybercrime? Cybersecurity expert Garry Scobie (The University of Edinburgh) asks whether the need to post about every aspect of our lives is making us all criminals?