The agglomeration of data that makes us fear for our privacy is also what makes it possible for one doubting soul – one Manning or Snowden – to learn secrets. The speed of data that makes us fret over the the devaluation of facts is also what makes it possible for journalists' facts to spread before government can stop them.
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Welcome to the end of secrecy
The real lesson of the Snowden leaks is not the threat to privacy. It is the NSA's losing battle against the new agents of openness
The Guardian
September 6, 2013
Welcome to the end of secrecy
The real lesson of the Snowden leaks is not the threat to privacy. It is the NSA's losing battle against the new agents of openness
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The payload data transmitted over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks that was captured by Google included emails, usernames, passwords, images, and documents," wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a report released Tuesday
unbeknownst to passers-by, those cameras weren't just making photos. They were also collecting detailed information transmitted over Wi-Fi networks they passed through
This appeals court decision is a tremendous victory for privacy rights.
The practice was discovered by a German data protection commissioner in 2010.
The Gazette - September 10, 2013
"The payload data transmitted over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks that was captured by Google included emails, usernames, passwords, images, and documents," wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a report released Tuesday
"Published on Jun 13, 2013
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- "Googled" author Ken Auletta discusses transparency at technology companies in the wake of the NSA Prism revelations. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "
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