Average Folks and Retailer Tracking
Yesterday evening, I found myself at the Mansion on O Street, whose eccentric interior filled with hidden doors, secret passages, and bizarrely themed rooms, seemed...
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Joe Jerome
Technology Policy Institute Tackles Big Data
A recent paper by the Technology Policy Institute takes a pro-business look at the Big Data phenomenon, finding “no evidence” that Big Data is creating...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court's Say on Surveillance?
Big national security news yesterday: a federal court judge has ruled that the NSA’s Section 215 metadata collection program is an unconstitutional violation of...
Read MoreSen. Markey's Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act Summarized
On Monday, Sen. Markey introduced legislation designed to expand legal safeguards to protect individual privacy from invasion by commercial and government use of drones....
Read MoreAn Imbecilic Constitution Podcast
[audio https://www.joejerome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WhatsJoeKnow.Levinson.mp3] September 17th is Constitution Day, a day of government-mandated celebration that some have argued is blatantly unconstitutional. Professor Nelson Lund has suggested that...
Read MoreDigital Market Manipulation Podcast
[audio http://www.futureofprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/FPFCast.Calo_.mp3] The other week, Rebecca Rosen wrote up a fantastic overview of Professor Ryan Calo’s new paper on “Digital Market Manipulation” in The Atlantic. “What...
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Enter the Nexus?
In 2032, a group of genetically engineered neo-Nazis create a super virus that threatens to wipe away the rest of humanity. Coming on the...
Read MoreThe Rhetoric and Law of Government Surveillance
Two weeks ago, after the President’s national security address, I was left with little reaction other than the speech sounded good. The President made overtures...
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