In the wake of revelations about PRISM and other programs, I asked information security and privacy solutions provider Stephen K. Gielda of Packetderm, LLC and Cotse.net if he might share his thoughts on surveillance and how users can protect ourselves. His first post, below, on the growth of government surveillance provides a nice historical overview…
Category: U.S.
Government claims about surveillance greeted with skepticism
During his interview with Charlie Rose this week about surveillance programs, President Obama made a statement that, well, is somewhat mind-boggling: Charlie Rose: Should this be transparent in some way? Barack Obama: It is transparent. That’s why we set up the FISA court…. The response on Twitter was predictable: there is nothing transparent about FISC….
It’s Time for a 21st Century Debate on Privacy and Surveillance
David K. Shipler writes … So how do we draw the line between what we want known and what we don’t, or whom we want to know it? Is there a difference between giving information to our bank and to the FBI? Between Verizon and the National Security Agency? And if so, what firewalls should…
Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment
Craig Timberg reports: Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it’s forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, is the latest…