"“I don’t think there’s been absolute privacy in the history of mankind,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and S…
The Snowden revelations, while dramatic, have done little to amp up public concern about personal surveillance. After all, thanks to technology, electronic spy…
The internet makes access to information incredibly easy, and we normally see that as a good thing. But what if the information being accessed is details of our…
No one wants to live in a “dumb” city. But I question whether anyone ought to want to live in a really smart city either. I’d prefer to just live in a smarter…
"“Spying is thriving” because little is understood about how pervasive it is. So writes Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law Scho…
Does the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence understand intelligence gathering? After all, that committee is charged with oversight over the Unite…
"While American Spies was written prior to Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, it has become vital and relevant under the new Republican a…
US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and politi…
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about government su…
Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, talks to the FT's Hannah Kuchler about government su…
At the FOG Design + Art fair on Saturday, January 14, 2017 I was on a panel discussing Trevor Paglen’s new performance piece in collaboration with the Kronos Qu…
"Secrecy is crucial because it enables more invasive and disruptive forms of surveillance, according to University of Washington Professor Ryan Calo, who h…