If the of ghosts of SCOTUS choose any day to walk the DOJ halls to see how America is faring in “balancing” justice, technology, surveillance and civil liberties, then it would surely be on the Fourth of July. Last year on America’s birthday, we looked at what the heck happened to the Constitution in this digital age. Read more
Some of us, including Senator Al Franken, believe privacy is a fundamental right. Choice is great, but it’s also a problem since many users will not take steps to change settings and protect themselves or their privacy. Read more
 Sydney Morning Herald |
Online Piracy and Internet Security: Congress Asks the Right Question but …
Heritage.org SOPA and PIPA would not work; to the extent that they did, they would make Internet security protocols like DNSSEC more difficult to implement; and, at their core, the bills violate the fundamental principle of universality that makes the Internet … White House blasts Internet piracy bills Better ways than SOPA to fight piracy SOPA Being Challenged Online and in the White House |
Dr. Peter Neumann
Summary
In no other country has the political debate about violent radicalization been more contentious than the United States. The latest installment of the so-called “King hearings” — named after Peter King, the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee, who initiated them — has yet again shown why.
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