September 7, 2013
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The postal model of privacy
On February 25, 2008, the FCC held a hearing on network management practices in the Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School, hosted by the Berkman Center. In that hearing David P. Reed, one of the Internet’s founding scientists, used a plain envelope to explain how the Internet worked, and why it is wrong for anybody other than intended recipients to look inside… Continue reading
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Weekend Outline
Privacy Revealed: How US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security. By James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald in The Guardian. Subheads: • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records • $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products • Security experts say programs ‘undermine the fabric… Continue reading