Internet Privacy At Risk But Not Dead (Yet)

For more than a decade we’ve been hearing that online privacy is dead, and it’s hard to argue with the evidence. Law enforcement agencies routinely obtain location and call data from wireless carriers, government agencies can access data from cloud storage with minimal judicial oversight, and then there’s CISPA, by which Congress wants to enable private companies to share even more customer data with Uncle Sam. And that says nothing about the increasing online tracking and data mining being done by private entities. ‘Despite this gloomy assessment, all hope is not lost. While threats to our personal privacy expand daily, so do potential solutions — whether it’s new privacy legislation, enhanced regulation, stealth computing technology, or the emergence of a consumer-driven data economy.’