Noting that "the realities of the world have changed dramatically since the creation of the Air Force in 1947," the US Air Force has released a new mission statement: The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver…
Author: Michael Zimmer
More Driving Big Brother
Declan McCullagh at CNET offers his commentary on the latest example of "driving big brother": GPS tracking of vehicles in support of mileage-based road user fees. From his commentary:In principle, the idea of what bureaucrats like to call "value pricing"…
Google Search and Seizure
Prompted in part by the recenet story about how your search history could be used as evidence against you in court, Robert Kuttner has a scathing op-ed in the Boston Globe regarding Google and individual privacy rights titled "Google Search…
What if Google Enabled FOIA Requests?
I'm attending the "Regulating Search?" symposium hosted by the Yale Information Society Project today. The first panel was on "The Search Space," and Robin Sloan, co-producer of the (in)famous "EPIC 2014" movie on "the future history of media," posed an…
Google Click-to-Call
Google recently released an enhancement to their AdWords paid search results called "Click-to-Call." When you click the phone icon on an AdWords ad, you enter your phone number and Google calls the number you provided. When you pick up, you…
A Risky Gamble With Google
Siva Vaidhyanathan's article on the Google Library project in the Chronicle of Higher Education is well worth a read: "A Risky Gamble with Google" I have to confess, I am thrilled and dazzled by the potential of such a machine…
What Google Should Roll Out Next: A Privacy Upgrade
From the New York Times Editorial Observer: "What Google Should Roll Out Next: A Privacy Upgrade." Nothing that new here for those who follow the privacy implications of Google, but it's good that attention to the issue is broadening. Here…
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For Google, Good Intentions Might Not Be Enough
Lauren Weinstein writes about the risks of Google:Google currently represents virtually a textbook example of the complex interplay between innovative, socially positive inventions and developments on one hand, and oppressively dangerous technological arrogance on the other. Or as the fictional…
Google Analytics and End User Privacy
Phil Bogle has an important post on the privacy implications of the new Google Analystics website traffic measuring product:The thing that's a little bit disappointing is that Google used their standard search engine terms of service and privacy policy with…
Ten (Easy) Ways to Protect Your Privacy
EPIC's Chris Hoofnagle posts his Consumer Privacy Top 10, ten things US consumers can do to safeguard their privacy. I agree with Michael Froomkin that this list stands apart because it suggests actions that are very do-able.1. OPT OUT OF…
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