Essays and Op Eds by Category

Privacy and Surveillance

May 16, 2013 • The Guardian
Will Giving the Internet Eyes and Ears Mean the End of Privacy?

April 30, 2013 • The Atlantic
Do You Want the Government Buying Your Data From Corporations?

March/April 2013 • IEEE Security & Privacy
IT for Oppression

March 16, 2013 • CNN
The Internet Is a Surveillance State

March 3, 2013 • New York Daily News
Take Stop-and-Scan with a Grain of Salt

November 8, 2010 • Threatpost
The Difficulty of Surveillance Crowdsourcing

September 29, 2010 • CNN
Web Snooping Is a Dangerous Move

August 27, 2010 • The Irish Times
Data Privacy: The Facts of Life

July/August 2010 • IEEE Security & Privacy
A Taxonomy of Social Networking Data

May 12, 2010 • Forbes, Information Security
The Internet: Anonymous Forever

April 6, 2010 • Forbes
Google And Facebook's Privacy Illusion

February 25, 2010 • CNN
Spy Cameras Won't Make Us Safer

January 23, 2010 • CNN and Ethiopian Review
U.S. Enables Chinese Hacking of Google

September 9, 2009 • The Guardian
The Battle Is On Against Facebook and Co to Regain Control of Our Files

August 19, 2009 • The Japan Times
Offhand but On Record

July 31, 2009 • MPR News Q
Technology Shouldn't Give Big Brother a Head Start

July 15, 2009 • Wired News
Protect Your Laptop Data From Everyone, Even Yourself

July 15, 2009 • The Guardian
Facebook Should Compete on Privacy, Not Hide It Away

May 2009 • Information Security
Should We Have an Expectation of Online Privacy?

April 28, 2009 • The Wall Street Journal
Do You Know Where Your Data Are?

March 26, 2009 • Wired News
It's Time to Drop the "Expectation of Privacy" Test

February 26, 2009 • BBC News
Privacy in the Age of Persistence

January 27, 2009 • The Wall Street Journal
How to Ensure Police Database Accuracy

Jan/Feb 2009 • IEEE Security & Privacy
Architecture of Privacy

December 9, 2008 • The Wall Street Journal
How to Prevent Digital Snooping

November 21, 2008 • The Wall Street Journal
Why Obama Should Keep His BlackBerry -- But Won't

June 26, 2008 • The Guardian
CCTV Doesn't Keep Us Safe, Yet the Cameras Are Everywhere

May 15, 2008 • Wired News
Our Data, Ourselves

May 15, 2008 • The Guardian
Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs

March 6, 2008 • Wired News
The Myth of the "Transparent Society"

January 24, 2008 • Wired News
What Our Top Spy Doesn't Get: Security and Privacy Aren't Opposites

December 13, 2007 • Wired News
Why "Anonymous" Data Sometimes Isn't

November 29, 2007 • Wired News
How Does Bruce Schneier Protect His Laptop Data? With His Fists — and PGP

September 20, 2007 • Wired News
Lesson From Tor Hack: Anonymity and Privacy Aren't the Same

June 28, 2007 • Wired News
Strong Laws, Smart Tech Can Stop Abusive "Data Reuse"

May 2007 • Information Security
Is Big Brother a Big Deal?

January 19, 2007 • New York Daily News
Camera Phones vs. Crime: Now We're Talking

January 16, 2007 • San Francisco Chronicle and Arizona Daily Star
On Police Security Cameras

January 8, 2007 • Forbes
They're Watching

January 2007 • Information Security
Does Secrecy Help Protect Personal Information?

October 18, 2006 • Forbes
Casual Conversation, R.I.P.

September 21, 2006 • Wired News
Lessons From the Facebook Riots

May 31, 2006 • Minneapolis Star Tribune
We're Giving Up Privacy and Getting Little in Return

May 18, 2006 • Wired News
The Eternal Value of Privacy

April 6, 2006 • Wired News
Why VOIP Needs Crypto

March 9, 2006 • Wired News
Why Data Mining Won't Stop Terror

March 5, 2006 • Minneapolis Star Tribune
Your Vanishing Privacy

January 12, 2006 • Wired News
Anonymity Won't Kill the Internet

November 21, 2005 • Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Erosion of Freedom

September 22, 2005 • Wired News
A Sci-Fi Future Awaits the Court

June 23, 2005 • New York Daily News
Make Businesses Pay in Credit Card Scam

May 2005 • Communications of the ACM
Risks of Third-Party Data

February 14, 2005 • eWeek
Digital Information Rights Need Tech-Savvy Courts

October 22, 2004 • UPI
Outside View: Security at the World Series

October 4, 2004 • The Baltimore Sun
Bigger Brother

October 4, 2004 • International Herald Tribune
Does Big Brother want to watch?

September 19, 2004 • New Haven Register
City Cops' Plate Scanner is a License to Snoop

July 6, 2004 • eWeek
US-VISIT Is No Bargain

May 10, 2004 • Newsday
Curb electronic surveillance abuses

December 21, 2003 • Minneapolis Star Tribune
Better Get Used to Routine Loss of Personal Privacy

October 21, 2003 • Newsday
Terror Profiles by Computers Are Ineffective

October 25, 2001 • Nature
Protecting Privacy and Liberty

September 28, 1994 • Cincinnati Post
High-Tech Government Snooping: Anti-Crime or Orwell Revisited?

May 31, 1993 • Computerworld
Clipper Gives Big Brother Far Too Much Power

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