My main reason to go to the DocAviv film festival, in Tel Aviv, was to see the Snowden film, “Citizen Four”, which hadn’t been shown in this country till now. I also looked for another film for the same day, … Continue reading →
How come privacy seems to be a matter of concern only in Europe? “European data privacy regulators have put renewed pressure on Google to alter its privacy policy. It follows changes to the policy two years ago which regulators felt … Continue reading →
“One year ago, we learned that the internet is under surveillance, and our activities are being monitored to create permanent records of our private lives — no matter how innocent or ordinary those lives might be. Today, we can begin … Continue reading →
Power, Privacy, and the Internet | NYRgallery | The New York Review of Books On October 30–31, 2013, The New York Review of Books held a conference, “Power, Privacy, and the Internet,”
Continue reading →I’m not a clever or sophisticated presidential speech analyst, or even very knowledgeable about the issues, but I realized that listening to Obama’s speech on NSA and national security, was that besides the multiple contradictions, such as about protecting dissidents … Continue reading →
I continue to read all the main threads of the Snowden affair, as well as reflections by journalists and writers. British journalist Jonathan Friedland’s story for the New York Times (Why Do Brits Accept Surveillance?) about what he conceives of … Continue reading →