There have been a number of reviews of privacy and security news in 2018. Here’s one by Jadzia Pierce of Covington & Burling, the law firm that has represented my blogs for lo, these many years. I thank them for their ongoing support of my work, and wish them all a happy and healthy New Year in 2019….
Category: Misc
Timothy C. May, Early Advocate of Internet Privacy, Dies at 66
Nathaniel Popper writes: Timothy C. May, a physicist, polemicist and cantankerous advocate of internet privacy who helped start a movement aimed at protecting the privacy of individuals online, died on Dec. 13 at his home in Corralitos, Calif. He was 66. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s office confirmed his death but said that the cause…
Hearing Thursday: EFF Asks Court to Require FBI Disclosure of National Security Letter Recipients Who’ve Been Released From Gag Orders
Bureau Is Improperly Withholding Information in FOIA Case From the good folks at EFF: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—On Thursday, December 20, at 10 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge to order the FBI to release the names of national security letter (NSLs) recipients that are no longer under a bureau gag…
Resource: Notable Privacy and Security Books 2018
Professor Daniel Solove has compiled a terrific list of books that were published in 2018. Check out the list here.