Privacy

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  • Abortion troubles in Australia

    The Australian Medical Association brawls with the country's health ministry over antiabortion misinformation and privacy violations.
    By Page Rockwell August 3, 2006

  • It's about competence, among other things

    If the Bush administration is so concerned about Americans' privacy, why did the VA wait two weeks to report data theft?
    By Tim Grieve May 24, 2006

  • Principal tattles to mom, lesbian teen sues

    A 17-year-old can sue her school district and principal, after she's outed to her mother.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski December 2, 2005

  • The checkout line -- or the check-you-out line?

    For librarians, new identification chips in books make life easier. But civil libertarians say the smart books are a scary invasion of privacy
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 26, 2004

  • Safe and insecure

    I opened up my wireless home network to the world, and I've never felt more comfortable.
    By Micah Joel May 18, 2004

  • Don't be afraid of the big bad Gmail

    Privacy advocates are frothing about Google's plan to scan e-mail for advertising purposes. A report from an early tester of the service says their concerns are overblown.
    By Mathew Honan April 26, 2004

  • The curse of the biometric future

    There's a market for software that recognizes your face and fingerprints, but also increasing fear that Big Brother will be the one staring hard at your eyes and nose.
    By Sam Williams February 26, 2004

  • Acxiom is watching you

    Whenever you book a flight, this data-mining colossus will be turning over its files to John Ashcroft. Why did Wesley Clark lobby for what could become the biggest snooping operation of all time?
    By Farhad Manjoo February 10, 2004

  • Don't look now, but the dean is watching

    Pressured by the double whammy of feds looking for terrorists and the music industry chasing file sharers, universities are keeping a close eye on student Internet use.
    By Annalee Newitz November 12, 2003

  • Brave new skies

    Soon, the government and the travel industry may be able to find out everything naughty and nice about you before you board your flight.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 4, 2003

  • Everything is watching YOU

    We're well on our way to a world where every product has a tiny radio transmitter embedded in it. Privacy activists are not happy, but big corporations are licking their lips.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 24, 2003

  • The PATRIOT software bonanza

    There are profits to be made selling computer programs that snoop out money launderers and suspicious foreign students.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 23, 2003

  • "Please step to the side, sir"

    The airlines' "no-fly" list is riddled with cases of mistaken identity. But the government's solution may be even more invasive.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 10, 2003

  • Total Information Awareness: Down, but not out

    Congress may have put the brakes on the most ambitious government surveillance program ever. But for citizens worried about their privacy, TIA still means trouble.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 29, 2003

  • Reproductive rights

    American women take their right to an abortion for granted. They shouldn't anymore.
    By Sheerly Avni January 22, 2003

  • Is Big Brother our only hope against bin Laden?

    Civil libertarians are outraged about Total Information Awareness, the government's Orwellian plan to monitor everyone, all the time. But some computer scientists say it might be the only way to save civilization.
    By Farhad Manjoo December 3, 2002

  • A law to protect spyware

    Sen. Fritz Hollings is pushing a bill that supposedly safeguards online privacy -- but actually gives intrusive marketers a green light.
    By Chris Wenham April 26, 2002

  • Sneaking peeks at the porn clowns

    Even flaming exhibitionists agree: Digital cameras and the Internet make invading a person's privacy much too easy.
    By Daniel Terdiman March 7, 2002

  • Big Brother is watching you read

    Increasingly, the government is demanding that bookstores reveal what books their customers have purchased. Bookstore owners and privacy advocates say that's scarier than a Stephen King novel.
    By Christopher Dreher February 13, 2002

  • Internet liberation theology

    In "The Future of Ideas" Lawrence Lessig explains why ham-handed efforts to increase copyright protection are a threat to freedom and prosperity.
    By Marc Rotenberg November 7, 2001

  • God bless Big Brother

    Law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to get everything they ever wanted.
    By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski September 22, 2001

  • Send in the online spooks?

    In the aftermath of terrorism, civil libertarians are running for cover. But are they protesting too much?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski September 14, 2001

  • The parasite economy

    There's a new software business model in town -- symbiotic plug-ins that pay for the privilege of piggybacking on the hot download of the moment.
    By Damien Cave August 2, 2001

  • Nowhere left to hide

    Whether you're in jail or at the supermarket, your image might be shown on the Net, and there's not a thing you can do about it.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 18, 2001

  • Defending the cookie monster

    There are lots worse things in the world than Web sites leaving cookies on your computer.
    By Scott Rosenberg May 7, 2001
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