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.
Jessica Barrow, New America Media. January 5, 2011.
"It is disturbing that the intelligence community equates Michigan as a location for potential terrorists simply because of our large Muslim population."
From militias to white supremacists, right-wing groups are using social networking to organize and spread propaganda. Should the government do something?
Workplace privacy is dead and buried. Employers can and do read e-mail, eavesdrop on telephone calls, monitor Internet access and watch workers with hidden cameras.
FBI is looking into the possibility that a school district violated federal laws by remotely activating webcams on student computers while the computers were at home.
