Prospective White House employees must cough up an unprecedented amount of detail about their online activity. Is the new administration being smart -- or scary?
By Michael Martin Nov 24, 2008
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Before we were together, I learned everything about her on the Web -- but now I pretend I don't know a thing!
By Cary Tennis
July 24, 2007
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Even flaming exhibitionists agree: Digital cameras and the Internet make invading a person's privacy much too easy.
By Daniel Terdiman
March 7, 2002
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I fell hard for a high-level business leader -- until she abruptly turned off the charm.
By Cary Tennis
January 8, 2007
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At a committee hearing on online privacy, the senator asks me some tough questions and doesn't like what he hears.
By Simson Garfinkel
October 6, 2000
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Amitai Etzioni's "The Limits of Privacy" sees civil libertarians as a danger and government as the solution to all our problems.
By Mike Godwin
April 26, 1999
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Intel's processor-I.D. gaffe shows how badly tech companies want to know who you are and where you live.
By Scott Rosenberg
January 29, 1999
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In the transatlantic trade war that's brewing over data privacy rules, the U.S. pushes laissez-faire while the European Union embraces tough laws.
By Karlin Lillington
July 7, 1998
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The FTC urges new protection for personal information online. Can the Web industry do what's right?
By Scott Rosenberg
June 5, 1998
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AOL's insecurity complex: By David Cassel. The online service can't even keep its own staff bulletin boards private.
By David Cassel
February 6, 1998