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On the Blog...

What’s Scary About Big Data, and How to Confront It

May 6, 2013 ~No Comments

Today, the data deluge that Big Data presents encourages a passivity and misguided efforts to get off the grid.  With an “Internet of Things” ranging from our cars to our appliances, even to our carpets, retreating to our homes and turning off our phones will do little to stem the datafication tide. Transparency for transparency’s sake is meaningless.  We need mechanisms to achieve transparency’s benefits. // More on the Future of Privacy Forum Blog.

Domestic Drones Should Embrace Privacy by Design

April 5, 2013 ~No Comments

On Wednesday, the FAA held a forum to seek input from members of the public on the agency’s development of a privacy policy for domestic civilian drones. If the unmanned aircraft industry wishes to encourage the widespread societal embrace of this technology, suggesting that drones do not present privacy challenges and moreover, arguing that our current legal and policy framework can adequately address any concerns is counterproductive. // More on the Future of Privacy Forum Blog.

Civil Rights to Human Rights: The Legacy of Bayard Rustin

March 30, 2013 ~No Comments

A year ago today, I helped organize a discussion on civil/human rights rhetoric in America at the Schomburg Center.  The impetus for the program was the 100th birthday on civil rights legend Bayard Rustin, and with Occupy still fresh in minds, there was a great hook to discuss the need for greater social and economic equality. We brought together NYU’s Burt Neuborne, Columbia’s Kendall Thomas, and historian Ida E. Jones in a conversation moderated by Cathy Albisa,