June 16, 2009 – MichaelZimmer.org

West Bend Library Controversy Continues to Escalate

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 16, 2009in Information Ethics, Libraries1 Comment

The West Bend library controversy continues to escalate....with calls for book burning and growing national exposure (and, unfortunately, ridicule). Here's the (abridged) history and escalation: [Updated on 6/19/09 to include ABC News coverage, and 7/22/09 to include CNN] 02/15/2009: Ginny…

Dear Google: Make Security and Privacy the Default in the Cloud

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 16, 2009in Privacy, Search Engines, Values In Design

Today, a six page letter was sent to Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, asking Google to honor the important privacy promises it has made to its customers and protect users’ communications from theft and snooping by enabling industry standard transport encryption…