Politech: by author

Why the "Gmail scanning incoming email" argument is a red herring [priv] (Apr 30 2004)

Cato's Adam Thierer criticizes EPIC's anti-Google "lunacy" [priv] (Apr 30 2004)

Scientific American slams Bush for biased science (Apr 29 2004)

FTC officials irk Congress by suggesting "anti-spyware" law unnecessary (Apr 29 2004)

One last round on blood & SSNs, with cite to federal law [priv] (Apr 29 2004)

John Gilmore's horrific, dystopian view of an RFID world [priv] (Apr 29 2004)

One more round on Californians ratting out neighbors' cars [priv] (Apr 29 2004)

Two replies to Australia considers deleting info from gv't websites [fs] (Apr 29 2004)

DOJ, FTC announce first CAN SPAM arrests [sp] (Apr 29 2004)

EPIC letter compares Gmail to FBI's Carnivore, Total Information Awareness [priv] (Apr 29 2004)

Ten years later, Congress still in a snit about smut [fs] (Apr 28 2004)

Justice Department defends Patriot Act in letter to editor [priv] (Apr 28 2004)

Australian state considers deleting info from gv't websites [fs] (Apr 27 2004)

Replies to N.Y. blood center requires SSN to donate [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Missouri tracks scofflaws via access to pizza-delivery databases [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Computerworld falls for RFID "sniper rifle" hoax? (Apr 27 2004)

Defenses of Gmail and criticisms of encryption everywhere [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Mixed feelings about Californians ratting out neighbors' cars [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

A criticism of Gmail and a call for encryption everywhere [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Robert Gellman's defense of HIPAA medical regulations [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Three dozen things Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill would break [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Court OKs trademark in domain name of critical website [fs] (Apr 27 2004)

Randy May on FCC, AT&T and Internet telephone calls (Apr 27 2004)

Cops ask Californians to rat on their neighbors' cars [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Calif. to require return postage on unsolicited CDs, DVDs? (Apr 27 2004)

New York Blood Center requires SSN to donate [priv] (Apr 27 2004)

Four examples of what Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill would do [priv] (Apr 23 2004)

What would Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill really do? [priv] (Apr 23 2004)

Verifying overblocking by Google's SafeSearch [fs] (Apr 23 2004)

Google's SafeSearch is overzealous, blocks innocuous domains [fs] (Apr 23 2004)

FCC rules on AT&T's request re: VoIP, access charges (Apr 22 2004)

Brad Templeton's solid analysis of Gmail, webmail privacy [priv] (Apr 22 2004)

Spanish nightclub implants RFID chips in patrons [priv] (Apr 21 2004)

Is it unlawful to disclose info on patrons' dining habits? [priv] (Apr 21 2004)

Jim Harper on HIPAA medical regulations: Where's the beef? (Apr 21 2004)

One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push [priv] (Apr 20 2004)

FTC convenes "spyware" workshop... with scant results (Apr 20 2004)

Peter Swire's "modest" defense of HIPAA medical regulatory law [priv] (Apr 20 2004)

Another round on IPI and "attacks of open-sourcers" [ip] (Apr 20 2004)

Sex.com Settles with VeriSign [fs] (Apr 20 2004)

Diebold knew of legal risks of its voting machines [priv] (Apr 20 2004)

Privacy International continues anti-Google campaign [priv] (Apr 20 2004)

Weekly column: FBI's latest wiretapping push [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

Comments filed to FCC about CALEA Internet wiretapping [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

Florida to track users of legal drugs [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

German court grants injunction against GPL infringement [ip] (Apr 19 2004)

Privacy villain of (last) week: the IRS [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

Stephen Cobb on failure of HIPAA health privacy law [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

Bush calls for renewal of Patriot Act [priv] (Apr 19 2004)

Is anti-Google California senator a privacy hypocrite? [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Have Feds' HIPAA health privacy rules helped? [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Activists complain about Muslim "jihad sites" [fs] (Apr 13 2004)

More on California may regulate car rental GPS tracking [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Replies to IPI fending off "attacks of open-sourcers" [ip] (Apr 13 2004)

Three replies defending Google from the pro-regulatory privacy crowd [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

California assemblywoman wants to regulate car rental GPS tracking [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Record a chatroom conversation, violate the law? [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Andrew Odlyzko: A third perspective on stock option expensing (Apr 13 2004)

Iraq, Japanese hostages, and manipulation through translation [fs] (Apr 13 2004)

IPI successfully fends off "attacks of the open-sourcers" [ip] (Apr 13 2004)

California state senator wants to ban Gmail [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Weekly column: Be careful about using Gmail, but don't ban it [priv] (Apr 13 2004)

Pro-regulatory groups: Gmail may be illegal, "must" be suspended [priv] (Apr 07 2004)

Bush administration eyes space as next (final) battlefield (Apr 07 2004)

Jim Delong's dissenting view on stock options expensing (Apr 07 2004)

"I'm glad all the terrorists are caught so Ashcroft can worry about the important things" [fs] (Apr 07 2004)

Karl Auerbach on ICANN, Commerce Department, and broken promises (Apr 07 2004)

Love those Eurocrats! New advances in censorship and DMCAing [fs] (Apr 07 2004)

Reason magazine cover story has unusual privacy theme [priv] (Apr 06 2004)

Alleged spam-scammer gets his email address yanked [sp] (Apr 06 2004)

An argument for making U.S. firms expense stock options (Apr 06 2004)

ACLU sues over Feds' "do not fly" list [priv] (Apr 06 2004)

Politech this week (Apr 06 2004)

Politics, blogging, and the "Kos controversy" [fs] (Apr 05 2004)

Update on Internet wiretapping for phone calls [priv] (Apr 05 2004)

How to catch a scam-spammer [sp] (Apr 05 2004)

U.S. Net firms more worried about overseas lawsuits than Europeans, Asians (Apr 05 2004)

Email saying "Judge, you f--ked up" lands Ohio man in hot water [fs] (Apr 01 2004)

Heather MacDonald lashes out at "privacy fanatics" opposed to TIA, CAPPS II [priv] (Apr 01 2004)

Richard Smith on why you should purge those Google cookies (Apr 01 2004)

MIT Media Lab project on "Things that Fink?" [priv] (Apr 01 2004)

Replies to HHS announces program to implant RFID tags in homeless (Apr 01 2004)

John Gilmore on the homeless, RFID tags, and kittens [priv] (Apr 01 2004)

Google in plans to buy Acxiom data-mining firm [priv] (Apr 01 2004)

HHS announces program to implant RFID tags in homeless [priv] (Apr 01 2004)

It's official: File sharing is legal in Canada, by Milana Homsi [ip] (Mar 31 2004)

Congress takes aim yet again at P2P users, film at 11 [ip] (Mar 31 2004)