"The New Digital Age" is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 3, 2013
Today, EFF announced that it was making a formal objection to including consideration of digital rights management (DRM) in the First Public Working Draft from...Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | May 30, 2013
Recently, the FBI has been attacking the "going dark" problem—that is, its inability to read all electronic communications—from both legal and technological angles...Slate From ACM Opinion | May 28, 2013
Pew Internet and American Life Project (in collaboration with Berkman) unveiled a brilliant report about "Teens, Social Media, and Privacy." As a researcher who's...Danah Boyd | Apophenia From ACM Opinion | May 24, 2013
I join a group of twenty computer scientists in issuing a report criticizing an FBI plan to require makers of secure communication tools to redesign their systems...Freedom To Tinker From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
Aaron Swartz was not yet a legend when, almost two years ago, I asked him to build an open-source, anonymous in-box.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
Search has always been about giving you the best answers quickly, regardless of what device you use.Google Inside Search From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2013
A Social Security number is like a skeleton key, able to unlock a kingdom of untold riches for identity thieves.ABC News From ACM Opinion | May 10, 2013
Until recently, Google has dominated search. It has been the main stomping ground for consumers looking to buy products, visit sites, or conduct research.Search Engine Land From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2013
It's one thing to read news concerning the latest report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Defense on China's latest military activities. But with regard to...AllThingsD From ACM News | May 7, 2013
The currency of the 21st century digital economy is your personal information. It has no transaction costs and does not decrease in value when the supply increases...AllThingsD From ACM Opinion | May 7, 2013
The FBI and the CIA are being criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the months before the Boston Marathon bombings.CNN From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013
The real capabilities and behavior of the U.S. surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like most things of significance done...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013