The National Security Agency might be tracking your phone calls. But private industry is prying far more deeply into your life.Politico From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2014
In a ruling that could undermine press freedoms and free speech, the highest court of the European Union said on Tuesday that Google must comply with requests from...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2014
In June 2013, Edward Snowden was sitting in his room at the Mira hotel in Hong Kong, watching the world react to the first of his explosive leaks about the NSA's...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 13, 2014
Thanks to advances in technology, we may soon revisit a question raised four centuries ago: Are there things we should try not to know?The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 12, 2014
The anti-virus software company AVG has created PrivacyFix, an app to help you get a handle on just how much you're worth to big-time data players Facebook and...Business Insider From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2014
Like many people in this modern world, I struggle with the tension between the conveniences offered by the latest technology and the loss of privacy that comes...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2014
The most powerful people in the country are just not as good as teenagers when it comes to being discreet. Mostly that’s by design—there are freedom of information...New York magazine From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
On October 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy made landfall, I was in my Brooklyn apartment, refreshing Twitter.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
Last week, the White House released its report on big data and its privacy implications, the result of a 90-day study commissioned by President Obama during his...Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
An American friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as 62718298454@163...The New Republic From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
Modern smartphones have helped shed a light on the power of user interfaces that are driven by gesture and touch. It’s increasingly clear that touch will play a...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2014
In the mid-nineteen-sixties, Brezhnev's Soviet Union introduced a law aimed at stifling ideological dissent.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 28, 2014
In 2007, at a public forum at Coe College, in Iowa, Presidential candidate Barack Obama was asked about net neutrality.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 25, 2014