September 14, 2008 – MichaelZimmer.org

Technologies of Obfuscation and Resistance

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 14, 2008in Privacy

During my studies in privacy and surveillance theory, I've gained an interest in technologies of obfuscation and resistance. Especially simple ones that nearly any average citizen can implement. TrackMeNot is a great example: a simple Firefox extension that periodically issues…

Catching Up – Link Dump

Posted by Michael Zimmeron September 14, 2008in Internet, Mobility, Privacy, Search Engines

I’ve been ridiculously busy lately, and need to quickly catch up on some recent items of note: Scientific American has a nice special issue dedicated to "the future of privacy." Nothing new here for most privacy scholars, but it is…