Tag Archives: Privacy

Lamar W. Hankins :
FILM | Oscar-winning ‘Citizenfour’ documents one citizen’s sacrifice for our liberty

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

Laura Pointras tells Snowden’s story in an engaging account that is both enlightening and unsettling. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 22, 2015 Citizen Four is the name used by 29-year-old Edward Joseph Snowden when he … Continue reading →

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Ron Jacobs :
BOOKS | ‘Technocreep’ and how we are seduced by surveillance

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Thomas Keenan has written a helpful description of the kinds of surveillance undertaken by corporations, governments, criminal enterprises, and just plain creeps every second of every day. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2014 [Technocreep: The … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith :
Obama defends NSA spying on Americans

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Senator Obama pledged to dismantle the most intrusive aspects of Bush’s surveillance programs. Instead, President Obama secretly allowed those programs to expand. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 When he ran for the presidency … Continue reading →

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Larry Ray :
Pentecostals, Baptists, and ‘naked images’

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Too much naked truth for Mississippi prison workers when they get zapped by body scanners. By Larry Ray | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Here’s looking at you, kid! There ought to be a law! … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Jim Hightower Brings the Lowdown on ‘Poopgate’ and ‘Tinkle-Down’ Economics

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas populist gadfly Jim Hightower at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, September 13, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Famed Texas populist commentator and political gadfly, Jim Hightower In 30 years, we’ve … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell : Big Brother in the Data Mines

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Cover of the first Signet Classics edition of George Orwell’s 1984. Image from Vintage Paperback Archive. We’re talking yottabytes here: Big Brother in the data mines We’ve been living for some time in the world set out in Moore’s Law, which … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Government Lies and Secrecy Destroy Credibility

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Whistleblower Edward Snowden. Image from MGN Online. Government lies andsecrecy destroy credibility “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” — Benjamin Franklin. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag … Continue reading →

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Peter Finn : Drone Used in Austin Raises Privacy Issues

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Wasp III drone — the kind used by Texas DPS in 2009 Austin police operation. Grab from KVUE.com / Austin.Drones over Austin:Law enforcement use of aerial dronesraises issues of privacy, civil liberties By Peter Finn / CommonDreams / January 24, … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Google Is Not God

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Illustration © 2007 by Stuart Brown / Modern Life.Google is not God:Whatever happened to privacy in America? By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 Google often seems to be all-powerful, and as omniscient as God himself … Continue reading →

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Deep Packet Inspection : Global Censorship Technology Used in Iran — AND in U.S.

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Deep Packet Inspection:Free Press warns of global censorship technology deployed in U.S. DPI technology is America’s sleeping giant. It has been widely deployed by Internet service providers across the country, and could be secretly put to use without our knowledge … Continue reading →

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FCC Warrantless Searches : Coming to a Home Near You?

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

FCC’s Warrantless Household Searches Alarm Experts ‘Anything using RF energy — we have the right to inspect it to make sure it is not causing interference,’ says FCC spokesman David Fiske. That includes devices like Wi-Fi routers that use unlicensed … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on The Peep Diaries

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

To Peep or Not to Peep? That is the Question By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2009 [The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors, by Hal Niedzviecki, City Lights.] In … Continue reading →

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