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Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
In one of the latest developments in the fallout of the PRISM story, the ACLU is currently suing four officials in the Obama Administration to try to get federal courts to put a stop to the NSA's metadata program and delete all existing records. But if you ask the general U.S. population, as surveyed by the Pew Research Center, the average U.S. citizen appears to be more concerned about the data-collecting abilities of advertising networks like those of Google and Facebook, faceless malicious hackers, and even friends and family, than they are the government.
·techcrunch.com·
Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
The Eternal Value of Privacy
The Eternal Value of Privacy
Finnish translation French translation [#1] French translation [#2] German translation Italian translation Japanese translation Polish translation Portuguese translation Spanish translation The most common retort against privacy advocates—by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures—is this line: “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?” Some clever answers: “If I’m not doing anything wrong, then you have no cause to watch me.” “Because the government gets to define what’s wrong, and they keep changing the definition.” “Because you might do something wrong with my information.” My problem with quips like these—as right as they are—is that they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect...
·schneier.com·
The Eternal Value of Privacy
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
·educatorstechnology.com·
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption
Documents revealed by former government contractor Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency has the ability to crack encryption that is supposed to keep communications and data private. The NSA has also worked with companies to insert vulnerabilities into their products to make them hackable by the NSA. Robert Siegel talks with Stuart Millar, U.S. deputy editor for The Guardian.
·npr.org·
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption