February 8, 2007 – MichaelZimmer.org

House Introduces Privacy Bill Foursome…With One Runt in the Litter

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 8, 2007in Information Law & Policy, Privacy

27B Stroke 6 outlines four important pieces of privacy-protecting legislation that have either been recently introduced or received new life in the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives: * The Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, introduced by Dingell and…

University Professor Chastised For Using Tor

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 8, 2007in Internet, Privacy

Here's a chilling first-person account of a university professor who was asked to stop using the anonymizing network software, Tor. University IT and campus security staffers came knocking on Prof. Paul Cesarini's door asking why he was using Tor, and…