Two weeks ago, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in Arizona against that state’s “revenge porn” law on behalf of several bookstores and…
OPLIN 4cast #406: Felonious libraries
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Two weeks ago, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in Arizona against that state’s “revenge porn” law on behalf of several bookstores and…
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Over the weekend, Boing Boing published a piece about libraries in Massachusetts that are using the Tor browser on their public PCs to protect patron…
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Ever heard of social WiFi? Well, we know that using any password to authenticate users of a WiFi network, even a simple one posted on…
On May 13, the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) in Luxembourg ruled that an individual can demand that Google remove certain search…
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There is a strong temptation among libraries to be all things to all people. As the inscription over the front door of the Columbus Metropolitan…
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Modern smartphones contain quite a few sensors that apps can use to gather data about you. The tri-axial accelerometer, for example, can be used by…
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The recent revelation of the National Security Agency’s PRISM program, which the U.S. government has used to access people’s phone and Internet search data, has caused…
Despite what you see on TV and in the movies, libraries do not just hand over people’s reading records to any guy who walks in…
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One of the big news items this week was the resignation of CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus after the FBI monitored his emails and found…