Invasion of Privacy

Middle School Principal Accused Of Recording Boys Showering

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.28.2011 | Education

Read More: Middle School Teacher, Teacher Arrested, Middle School, Middle School Teachers, New Jersey Schools, Invasion of Privacy, Child Endangerment, Education News

Patrick Lott, Bernardsville Middle School assistant principal, has been arrested for allegedly recording boys showering at Immaculata High School in S...

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Don't Be His 'Bed Cred'

Matt Titus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

Read More: Sexting, Invasion of Privacy, Relationships, Ex Nude Pictures, Breach of Trust, Nude Pictures, Nude Pictures Ex, Breakups, Privacy, Sharing Nude Pictures, Leaking Nude Pictures, Style News

You remember the exact moment. You were both hot and heavy and the camera was an arm's length away. He was a stud. But now, six months later, the dud has been flashing nude pictures of you for all his bro's to see.

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Rutgers Student Believed To Have Committed Suicide After Classmates Allegedly Recorded Him In Gay Sexual Encounter

The Huffington Post | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

UPDATE 5:46 p.m. EST: The Clementi family's lawyer, Paul Minardi, has released a statement confirming that Tyler committed suicide: "Tyler was a fi...

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Is Social Networking Making Us Dumber?

Gregg Hurwitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Myspace, Invasion of Privacy, Social Networking, Crime Fiction, Twitter, They're Watching, Facebook, Technology News

Is it a stretch to suggest that as people's capability for normal interaction atrophies, their judgment is weakened as well? Have we utterly forgotten our definition of privacy?

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The National Biometric ID Card: The Mark of the Beast?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Invasion of Privacy, Real-Id-Act, Biometric-Identification, National ID Cards, Surveillance, Lindsey Graham, RFID Tags, Privacy, Civil Rights, Charles Schumer, Surveillance State, Politics News

When all is said and done, the adoption of a national biometric ID card serves one purpose only: to provide the government with the ultimate control over the American people.

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A Guide to the Laws of Selling Celebrity Sex Tapes: Why Kendra Must Have Consented

Jeremiah Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Radar, Vivid, Playboy, California, Money, Justin Frye, Sex Tape, Playmate, Scandal, Kendra Wilkinson, Sex, Invasion of Privacy, Injunction, Online, Celebrity, Vivid Entertainment, Entertainment News

Kendra has been widely quoted as supposedly being despondent over the release of the tape. But she had to consent to the release of the tape in order for a well-established company, like Vivid, to release it legally.

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Elin and Tiger: A Just Invasion of Privacy

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

Read More: Sexting, Bill Clinton, Infidelity, Invasion of Privacy, New Jersey Wiretap Laws, Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, Facebook Privacy, Ruth Fowler, White vs White, Spitzer Text Messages, Cheating, Privacy, David Letterman, Sports News

There is a huge difference between the woman who snoops on her man because of her own insecurity, and the woman who snoops because she knows something is wrong.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Welcome, Big Brother: Ondi Timoner on We Live in Public

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: 1984, Fema, The Dandy Warhols, Film, Josh Harris, Exclusive, George Orwell, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Privacy, New York, Movies, Web 2.0, Cookies, Ondi Timoner, Internet, Quiet: We Live in Public, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Interview, Invasion of Privacy, Soho, Documentary, Voyeurism, Big Brother, We Live in Public, Pseudo, Entertainment News

In the documentary We Live in Public, director Ondi Timoner focuses on an experiment in which 100 people were shut into a Soho, NY basement with all the comforts of home, plus 24/7 surveillance.

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Bozeman, MT: Want a Job? Give Us Your Passwords

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Bozeman, Invasion of Privacy, Montana, Twitter, Firedoglake, Job Applicants, Employment, Social Networking Sites, Huffington Post, Facebook, Myspace, Privacy, Healthy Living News

If you want a job working for this city, be prepared to hand over the log in and password info to all your social networking and blogging sites.

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Another Scary Government Program: the Government Gets to Seize Your Electronic Gear at the Border

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Intrusive Government, Privacy Invasions, Seizures, Invasions of Privacy, Invasion of Privacy, Electronic Data, Electronic Privacy, Privacy, Politics News

There's no legal difference between looking through your backpack and seizing your electronic data in the US. This is the stuff of the Cold War Soviet Union, right? Or maybe a third world dictatorship?

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Canada: Google's Street View Violates Privacy

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Google Maps, Invasion of Privacy, Canada, Business News

The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protect...

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