Bruce Schneier writes: … Being able to record the police is one of the best ways to ensure that the police are held accountable for their actions. Privacy has to be viewed in the context of relative power. For example, the government has a lot more power than the people. So privacy for the government…
Category: Misc
Santa Claus Placed On Watchlist As Possible Terrorist
Ms. Smith, who is a kindred spirit when it comes to being a privacy fanatic, writes: Time and again, we’ve seen innocent people or peace groups improperly spied upon and added to terrorist watchlists. Well you won’t believe who was placed on a watchlist this time — Santa Claus! After St. Nick balked at a…
(R)evolution: Stanford Law’s Ryan Calo on Privacy Harm and Education
Brian Solis of (R)evolution interviewed Ryan Calo recently. Ryan, who runs the Consumer Privacy Project at Stanford Law School has generated a lot of discussion among privacy scholars by his attempt to introduce a two-factor model of privacy harm (as distinguished from privacy violation). His paper has cited previously on this blog. In this interview,…
Assange on privacy, 1994
Dave Tacon and Tom Hyland have an article in The Age about interactions Julian Assange had with film maker Richard Lowenstein in 1994. What I found particularly interesting in the article was Assange’s statements about privacy. The following exchange took place after Assange reportedly was annoyed with Lowenstein for revealing some of what he had…