Category: Misc

DJ Pangburn writes: While people are fixated on former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden’s Tuesday comments that the NSA’s sifting through metadata is “really good news,” they should be far more concerned about how he characterized pro-Snowden, pro-privacy activists and hackers. In a Bipartisan Policy Center cybersecurity speech, Hayden invoked a century’s worth of terror descriptors, calling…

A reader sent in a link to this description of 25 apps that you may want to know about. PogoWasRight.org does not endorse any apps. The link is provided for informational purposes only. Hopefully, my informed readership will check out every app carefully before downloading it.  And if you have any comments or knowledge of these…

Adam Tanner writes: One day I received a letter addressed to me from the American Civil Liberties Union seeking a donation. I had not contacted the group previously or shared my information with them. But given the nature of what they do, I was hoping they would be open about where they got my personal data. Read…

Tony Romm reports: The Obama administration convenes another major meeting on surveillance and privacy today with company execs and civil-liberties leaders, two days after hosting reps from the ACLU, EPIC, TechNet, the Information Technology Industry Council, TechAmerica and more. The focus today is expected to be the same as the Tuesday session: government and law enforcement…