What you choose to read says a lot about who you are, what you value, and what you believe. That’s why libraries and the ACLU have long defended the privacy of readers.
But protecting reader privacy rights in the digital era is tough.
Archive for July, 2009
Google Book Search: Threat To Reader Privacy?
Monday, July 27th, 2009PASS ID No Better Than Real ID
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Gov. James Douglas is now head of the National Governors Association. At the group’s meeting this week in Biloxi, Miss., he heard complaints from other governors about why the federal REAL ID initiative is not a good idea. He’s coming around to their way of thinking.
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VT Supreme Court Reverses HS Stalking Conviction
Friday, July 17th, 2009It was a case of what psychologists term “post-termination intrusive behavior.”
A male Vermont high school student was disappointed over a relationship with a female school friend. He sent her e-mails, waited for her after classes, and tried to meet her other places. She grew tired of his persistence and told him to back off.
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Approaching A Crossroads
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009A lot of things around national security issues have happened very quickly in the last few weeks.
They have come as a wave of concern was growing about the direction the Obama administration was headed concerning practices left over from the Bush administration.
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Researchers Guess Our SSNs
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Social Security Numbers are thought by many to be secure IDs. We’re often asked to provide them, even sometimes for fairly routine purchases or services such as contracting for cell phone service.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, though, have shown it’s easy to guess many people’s SSN — simply by knowing a person’s place and date of birth.
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