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Internet privacy and the market for your information
Telescopes may have been invented to gaze at the stars, but they also gave peeping toms the ability to invade privacies from a comfortable distance, rather than just window-adjacent tree branches. And although outdoor security cameras were an achievement in the durability of electronics, they raise major privacy concerns that rage to this day. Google […]
Dog bites nun: how to prevent dog attacks
On February 13, 2013, a Buddhist nun filed a frightening lawsuit against her neighbor, the owner of a dog grooming business. While gardening in her yard, Linda Nguyen, the nun, was attacked by three dogs that escaped through the rickety fence surrounding Carlos Davis’ property. The dogs tore at the flesh of her arms, legs, […]
Police surveillance drones pose a threat to domestic privacy
As the battle rages on about the U.S. government’s use of drones in the war on terror, the inevitable diffusion of military technology into civilian life is well under way. In the international debate over the use of drones, a major sticking point has been the use of drones to kill American citizens thought to […]