Have we moved from pop culture to "peep culture"? Hal Niedzviecki on an age of Facebook, Twitter and reality TV
By Amanda Fortini Jul 24, 2009
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I've been reading this family blog, but they don't know. I think they think it's private!
By Cary Tennis
October 22, 2009
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Call it "the market of the beast." The link between stimulus money, healthcare and human-implantable microchips
By Andrew Leonard
October 6, 2009
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A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
November 25, 2008
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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
November 24, 2008
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I tried to retrieve her photos from the Dumpster but they were gone! What have I done?
By Cary Tennis
September 28, 2009
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Some of my best stories are true. What are the ethics?
By Cary Tennis
February 5, 2009
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Privacy concerns still shadow Google's all-seeing mapping tool, but soon such worries will probably seem quaint.
By Evan Ratliff
August 13, 2008
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Many look like Barbies and Kens on X, but avatars may hold the key to restoring our control over our digital identities.
By Denise Caruso
August 5, 2008
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Encryption might keep Homeland Security away from your files. Or you could just not take your data across a border in the first place.
By Denise Caruso
August 4, 2008
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But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 3, 2008
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European regulators consider a privacy plan that irks Google.
By Farhad Manjoo
January 22, 2008
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You know, to protect us!
By Farhad Manjoo
January 14, 2008
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The search engine launches a useful but flawed effort to keep your search queries secret.
By Farhad Manjoo
December 11, 2007
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The social network acknowledges its mistake in its plan to send ads to its members' friends.
By Farhad Manjoo
December 6, 2007
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The social network makes some positive changes to its Beacon ad program.
By Farhad Manjoo
November 30, 2007
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The social network tells your friends what you're doing on other Web sites. How is that OK?
November 29, 2007
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Ask, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all announced new efforts to bolster privacy on their sites. Here's a run-down of what each says it will do with your data.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 23, 2007
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New regulations limiting online anonymity may force Google to close its e-mail service for German users.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 25, 2007
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People have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they communicate over e-mail -- but how long will that last?
By Farhad Manjoo
June 20, 2007
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The search engine's new data retention policy is notable for being unique: Other companies keep your search terms forever.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 12, 2007
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There were some pretty unflattering things in there, written before we were married.
By Cary Tennis
May 3, 2007
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The yellowing of America: Baseball to force off-field employees to fill jars to prove themselves innocent of drug use.
March 2, 2007
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I know it would be convenient, and we've been together seven years, but I just don't want to.
By Cary Tennis
February 12, 2007
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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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