When you save files to Google’s new hard-drive folder in the cloud, the terms of service you are required to agree to gives Google “worldwide license" to your content.
In 2012 it looks like we can expect the Obama administration to continue to barrel down the path that has already taken us far from the country we used to be.
If you listen carefully online, you’ll hear a deep sucking sound -- that's the sound of all your personal data being gobbled up by digital service providers.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. November 28, 2011.
If the government wants to track us, it has never been easier. The ubiquitous and relatively invisible private collection of data serves as a sort of outsourcing of surveillance.
The Tea Parties are partly a product of the suburbs, where social isolation leaves communication about social mores to reality TV. Is it any wonder the movement lacks empathy?
Executives from Google and Apple defended their mobile privacy policies at a Congressional hearing as Sen. Franken warned of reports of secret user data collection.