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Information Today
July 14, 2015
George H. Pike |
USA FREEDOM Act: Protector of Civil Liberties or Window Dressing? For the first time since the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Congress has scaled back the scope of its provisions.   |
Reason
December 2001 |
Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war... |
Searcher
June 2003
Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
Information Today
December 23, 2010
Nancy Herther |
WikiLeaks: A Critical Catalyst, But for What End? Launched in October 2006 with the byline of "we open governments," WikiLeaks has positioned itself in the eye of more than one media storm in the past 4 years. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Send in the online spooks? In the aftermath of terrorism, civil libertarians are running for cover. But are they protesting too much? |
Information Today
May 3, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news. |
Reason
June 2004
Declan McCullagh |
Database Nation The upside of zero privacy in the U.S.: The aim should be to retain the tremendous benefits of living in a database nation while preventing it from devolving into a police state. |
Searcher
August 2000
Josh Duberman & Michael Beaudet |
Privacy Perspectives for Online Searchers: Confidentiality with Confidence This article presents some of the issues and questions involved in online privacy from the information professional's perspective. We offer it as a resource for making more informed decisions in this rapidly changing area. |
InternetNews
September 18, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
EFF Sues Feds to Stop Domestic Spying With suit against AT&T stalled, watchdog group opens up a new front in legal challenge to government's warrantless surveillance program. |
InternetNews
August 6, 2007
Roy Mark |
Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant. |
Information Today
May 9, 2011
Nancy Herther |
Mobile Privacy Issues Come to Capitol Hill -- Apple's iOS4 to be Examined in Senate Hearing Apple's iOS4 operating system for the iPhone and 3G iPad included software that is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. |
Reason
November 2003 |
Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists? |
Information Today
September 2005
George H. Pike |
PATRIOT Summer: Extending the USA PATRIOT Act While there is no question that some form of the USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Act will pass, now is the time to make your voice heard about which version of the act should pass. |
InternetNews
December 3, 2009
David Needle |
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Network Surveillance The online rights organization wants the government to release records of its surveillance of social networking sites. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
William Sweet |
Security Expert Slams Bush's Surveillance Program In this interview, the author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, James Bamford discusses why the U.S. president chose to dodge court review procedures in ordering post 9/11 wiretapping. |
Wired
December 2001
Adam L. Penenberg |
The Surveillance Society Cell phones that pinpoint your location. Cameras that track your every move. Subway cards that remember. We routinely sacrifice privacy for convenience and security. So stop worrying. And get ready for your close-up... |
PC World
October 7, 2002
Michelle Madigan |
Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation. |
Parameters
Spring 2005
Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure. |
PC World
September 11, 2002
Andrew Brandt |
A Year Later, Online Privacy and Security Still Weak Guarding both virtual and physical shores remains a challenge of checks and balances. |
Reason
March 2002
Michael Young |
Spy Watch Behind closed doors at the National Security Agency: James Bamford's Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century... |
Reason
October 2002
Nick Gillespie |
Freedom for Safety: An old trade -- and a useless one The USA PATRIOT Act is a synecdoche for the freedom-for-safety swap. In making the freedom-for-safety swap, we haven't just dishonored the dead of 9/11. We've helped something else die too. |
PC World
January 2002
Anne Kandra |
National Security vs. Online Privacy The new antiterrorism law steps up electronic surveillance of the Internet... |
PC World
September 12, 2001
Tom Spring & Frank Thorsberg |
Will Attack Hurt Net Privacy? Privacy advocates urge government to balance security needs and civil liberties... |
Reason
August 2003
Brian Doherty |
Suspected Terrorist Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy? |
InternetNews
April 10, 2008
Susan Kuchinskas |
What Limits For Warrantless Wiretapping? RSA panel mulls the balance between security needs and personal privacy. |
PC World
October 5, 2001
Frank Thorsberg |
PC World Poll Highlights Privacy Concerns Our online poll shows most readers are concerned about giving the government more power for online surveillance... |
PC World
February 10, 2003
Kyle Stock |
Feds Look to Expand Electronic Surveillance Confidential proposal calls for increased monitoring of private e-mail messages, Web surfing, and other online activities. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
Americans Get Shaft Over Data Mining Finally - maybe - Congress is gaining courage in rolling back Bush's domestic spying program. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
James Vlahos |
Surveillance Society: New High-Tech Cameras Are Watching You Advanced monitoring systems are proliferating around the country. |
National Defense
November 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Changing World Blazes New Trails For Military Technology A striking array of challenges is reshaping the course of defense technology. The United States is entering an era characterized by fiscal austerity and the rise of "non-state" actors as enemies of nation states. |
PC World
September 14, 2001
Sam Costello |
Carnivore Dispatched to Sniff Out Terrorists Senate OKs measure to broaden technology's use, urges research for more tools... |
PC World
October 17, 2002
Michelle Madigan |
DOJ Describes Its Cybersurveillance (Sort Of) Congressional inquiry satisfied, but some want more details about how Patriot Act power is being used. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
It's On: Wikimedia Sues The NSA The Wikimedia Foundation, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, is suing the U.S. National Security Agency in a bid to challenge mass surveillance of Internet communications, Reuters reports. |
National Defense
April 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Big Data Helping to Pinpoint Terrorist Activities, Attacks Using big data for counter terrorism efforts will only become more prevalent as time goes on, said Josh New, a policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's Center for Data Innovation. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
EFF Charges AT&T Assisted NSA in Surveillance Plan Civil liberties watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation wants public disclosure of documents that allegedly implicate the phone giant's surveillance involvement. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2007
Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Grill AG Over Wiretaps Change in policy over warrantless wiretaps of calls and e-mail prompt sharp questioning from Democrats. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Watchdog Group Takes On Telecom Immunity Law EFF fighting to overturn controversial provision of FISA Amendment Act on constitutional grounds. Follows revelations of eavesdropping excesses. |
InternetNews
June 23, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
AT&T Draws Ire Over Privacy Update Privacy policy clarifications come as AT&T heads back into court. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
Woellert & Kopecki |
The Snooping Goes Beyond Phone Calls How the government sidesteps the Privacy Act by purchasing commercial data. |
Information Today
January 5, 2016
George H. Pike |
The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry. |
Reason
April 2001
Jennifer DePalma |
Surfing Secrets The meanings of online privacy are multiple, and few authors present the facts and lay out the issues in a way that lets laypeople develop an informed opinion. Charles Jennings and Lori Fena's The Hundredth Window is, for the most part, an exception... |
InternetNews
May 16, 2006
Roy Mark |
BellSouth Denies NSA Involvement Telecom giant BellSouth claims it hasn't turned over phone records in wake of more lawsuits. |
Reason
December 2001
Cathy Young |
Liberty's Paradoxes Must we surrender freedoms in order to remain free? |
InternetNews
February 22, 2006
Roy Mark |
Tech Inadvertently Helps Spy Game A new report claims that popular services such as Webmail are eroding U.S. privacy laws. |
CIO
January 1, 2002
Stephanie Viscasillas |
Privacy Versus the FBI The antiterrorism law President Bush signed in late October makes it easier for officials investigating potential terrorist activity to get court orders to search companies' business records. It is important to take that into account in your privacy policy. |
CIO
November 1, 2001
Alison Bass |
Miller's Privacy Warning Information security lapses present one front of a looming courtroom battle. Legal Expert Arthur Miller says CIOs and corporate America also have to protect people's privacy -- or risk a jury's wrath... |
InternetNews
May 28, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Momentum Builds for Updating Privacy Act Government, advocacy groups call for Congress and agencies to modernize the way citizens' personal information is handled. |
Wired
October 2009
Stephen Lee |
Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen If the U.S. wants a successful intelligence agency, a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
Britain's Spy Agency Reportedly Collected Millions Of Webcam Images From Yahoo Users Operation "Optic Nerve," which operated from 2008 and was shown to still be active in 2012, reportedly collected webcam footage in bulk of millions of individuals |
