AltWeeklies Wire
On the Gridnew
Can a massive database of personal information help the homeless without violating their privacy?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
01-12-2011 |
Homelessness
The New Battle Cry: Don't Touch My Junk!
Will "Don't touch my junk!" be the battle cry of the next American Revolution? You can walk through one of the new "backscatter" body-image X-ray scanners, suck up 2.4 microrems of radiation, or you can choose the pat-down. But think twice. By all accounts, the pat-down procedure is thorough. Extremely thorough.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-22-2010 |
Transportation
Eight States Give Prisoners Access to Citizens' Private Infonew
If you're worried about identity theft, the last place you'd probably want your birth date, Social Security number, and name to wind up might be a prison. However, a new report by the Social Security Administration finds eight states, including Arkansas, in which prisoners have access to personal information through inmate work programs.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-15-2010 |
Policy Issues
Big Brother is Watching You With RFID Microchipsnew
Consumer-privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht advises people to resist RFID. "There are certainly things you can do with RFID that might be cool, but the costs of introducing this technology into our society so vastly outweigh the benefits, the technology shouldn’t be deployed at all," she says.
The Georgia Straight |
Erin Millar |
07-27-2009 |
Civil Liberties
A Brutal and Mysterious Murder Opens a Pandora's Box of DNA Privacynew
Privacy, it seems, trumps justice. It's an issue that plagues law enforcement across the country. And it stinks.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chuck Strouse |
03-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
As Facebook Gives Away Personal Info, At Least One Data-Miner is Nervousnew
Jason Kaufman was "alarmed" last week when he read that Facebook had subtly altered the text of its Terms of Use. What's notable about Kaufman's alarm is that he's one of the people who actually has access to Facebook users' private data.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-26-2009 |
Media
Big Pharma is After Your Confidential Medical Recordsnew
A state bill that would have eroded California's strong medical privacy laws nearly passed last month. The Mental Health Association of California, the National Association of Cancer Patients, and other important health advocacy organizations supported the measure, saying they believed it would improve compliance and save lives. But the bill's opponents, which included the California Medical Association and many consumer groups, asserted that the legislation was not really about helping patients.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jake Whitney |
07-02-2008 |
Science
Tales from the Cryptographernew
Security guru Bruce Schneier busts the myths of post-9/11 safety measures.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
06-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Miss Manners Is Watching, Blindlynew
Your workplace e-mail scanning system knows more bad words than you do.
Pacifists for Warnew
The fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back.
Wanted: More Than a Few Good Men and Womennew
A scandal exposed by a Denver high school student made Army recruiters stand down, but now they're working hard to put more boots on the ground.
Tags: Iraq war veterans, Privacy, a bill sponsored by Representative Mike Honda, a California Democrat, all of Colorado and parts of Nebraska, American Friends Service Committee, Montana and Wyoming, pacifists, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Sergeant Rodney Shivers, Student Privacy Protection Act, United States Army Recruiting Battalion Denver
Beware! Google is Watching Younew
The company everyone loves knows more about you than you might realize. And that’s just for starters.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
01-21-2005 |
Science
Government Seeks List of Visitors to Voting Web Sitenew
Computer-voting watchdog Bev Harris is squaring off with federal authorities over the government's request for information about visitors to her internationally renowned Web site, www.blackboxvoting.org. While Harris is determined to resist the government's investigation, a national expert on press freedom says the Renton, Wash., muckraker will almost certainly face extensive fines or jail time if she refuses to cooperate.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
