From EFF: The Privacy Coalition is inviting the public to give the Obama Administration a grade on its privacy work thus far. Visit the Privacy Report Card page and vote to give the administration a grade anywhere from an “A” to an “F” — or, if you prefer, an “Incomplete.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/grade-obama-administrations Direct link to consumer…
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AP picture of wounded Marine sparks debate
David Bauder and Pauline Jelinek of Associated Press report that a picture of a soldier, Lance Cpl. Joshua “Bernie” Bernard, lying mortally wounded in Afghanistan, taken by AP photographer Julie Jacobson has set off another debate about both coverage of the war and a grieving family’s right to privacy. You can read AP’s coverage of…
People Can Be So Fake: A New Dimension To Privacy And Technology Scholarship
Ryan Calo at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society has a thought-provoking article, “People Can Be So Fake: A New Dimension To Privacy And Technology Scholarship.” Here’s the abstract: This article updates the traditional discussion of privacy and technology, focused since the days of Warren and Brandeis on the capacity of technology…
Thousands call for Turing apology
Thousands of people have signed a Downing Street petition calling for a posthumous government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing. Writer Ian McEwan has just backed the campaign, which already has the support of scientist Richard Dawkins. In 1952 Turing was prosecuted for gross indecency after admitting a sexual relationship with a…