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Privacy vs. Security: How the Debate Changes Mar. 31, 2015
The pilot who crashed the Germanwings plane, taking 150 lives, was too ill to work, according to doc... Read More
The Internet of Every Damn Thing Jan. 29, 2015
Federal Trade Commission head Edith Ramirez put the matter plainly: "If I'm wearing a fitness band t... Read More
Uber and the Flimsy Case for Regulation Jan. 04, 2015
If you've ever stood on a cold street late at night wishing desperately and hopelessly for a cab, Ub... Read More
What If Democracy Is a Fraud? Jul. 24, 2014
What if you were allowed to vote only because it didn't make a difference? What if no matter how you... Read More
Obama Likes Secrets, Including Yours Jun. 29, 2014
The surprising thing about the Supreme Court's decision on police searches of cellphones was its una... Read More
Ignorance Is Privacy: A Ruling Against Warrantless Tracking Assumes People Don't Know How Cellphones Work Jun. 18, 2014
Do you know how your cellphone works? If not, it's probably best not to find out. You can lose your ... Read More
E.U.'s Top Court Endorses Censorship of Embarrassing Facts May. 21, 2014
Since the European Union's top court endorsed "the right to be forgotten" last week, Google has rece... Read More
Prying Provokes Privacy Protection May. 14, 2014
A year before most of us knew that the National Security Agency was routinely collecting our phone r... Read More
Privacy, Please Apr. 23, 2014
Scarlett Johansson left nude photos of herself on her computer. A hacker grabbed them and sent them ... Read More
A Government Admission of Wrongdoing Apr. 10, 2014
Last week, National Intelligence Director Gen. James R. Clapper sent a brief letter to Sen. Ron Wyde... Read More
What if Secrecy Trumps the Constitution? Apr. 03, 2014
What if the National Security Agency (NSA) knows it is violating the Constitution by spying on all A... Read More
Sunlight Slays Secret Snooping Apr. 02, 2014
Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee last July, Deputy Attorney General James Cole explai... Read More
Two-Track Minds on Security and Privacy Mar. 27, 2014
The first shocking headlines after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared revealed that two men ha... Read More
Wizard of Id
Feb. 28, 2014
New Assaults on American Law Feb. 27, 2014
In the months since Edward Snowden revealed the nature and extent of the spying that the National Se... Read More
Why Parents Are "Paranoid" About Common Core Feb. 21, 2014
This week's award for Biggest Common Core Jerk goes to Missouri GOP state legislator Mike Lair. Pare... Read More
An Unconscionable Silence Feb. 20, 2014
The political philosopher Edmund Burke once remarked that all that is necessary for the triumph of e... Read More
Teens Need and Deserve Privacy Feb. 18, 2014
DR. WALLACE: My boyfriend is in his first year at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. We have be... Read More
A New Assault on Freedom of the Press Feb. 13, 2014
Last week, a little noticed clash took place on Capitol Hill involving the fundamental values underl... Read More
The Barn
Jan. 25, 2014
