The Risks of Public Data
A desire for convenience and openness has left local and state public records easily available for mining, combining, and abuse.
Category: Privacy
Surveillance and the Limits of Law
Section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to sunset. New legislation would kill it entirely. But how much do intelligence agencies follow the law anyway?
WeChat: From Medium to Mediator
China’s omnipresent app regulates much of society. Will it be a blueprint or cautionary tale?
Google Becomes Evil
Counter to its positive mythology, Google manipulates search results to suit its own corporate purposes, quashing free access to information on the Web.
Print Preview: Issue #4 | Fall 2019
Our fourth print issue—covering issues of identity, censorship, Internet infrastructure and more—is about to ship nationally.
Podcast #34: Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities
Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.
Podcast #33: Clare Garvie on Facial Recognition
Facial recognition expert Clare Garvie explains how police are using (and abusing) this dangerous technology.
Podcast #32: Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids
Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a metastasizing marketing machine that has swept kids into its orbit of consumerism and surveillance.
Cash Crunch: Your Money’s No Good Here
As some businesses stop taking cash, the poor, those without smartphones, and those who value privacy will be further excluded from the economy.
Podcast #22: Ryan Calo on Technology and the Law
Legal theorist Ryan Calo explores how the law is (or isn’t) evolving in response to technological quandaries like robotics and digital surveillance.