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News & Politics, Feature Jan 15, 2020
Prime suspects

How would anyone benefit from sending unsolicited, free Amazon packages to random addresses?
- By Princess Ojiaku
- Tags: Feature, Amazon, internet, reddit, deliveries, scam, Humboldt Park, privacy, online

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jul 26, 2017
When a 16-year-old is getting sexted as her sister sulks

What to be concerned about—and what not to. Plus: Stepdad, don’t creep; Mom, don’t freak.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, sisters, sexting, stepdad, stepdaughter, IUD, S&M, leather restraints, blow jobs, privacy, snooping

Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2015
Many Americans aren't taking government surveillance seriously

Pew reports study of things public does to protect personal privacy: not much.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Pew Research Center, privacy, social media, digital media, government surveillance, Edward Snowden, SXSW Conference, Mary Madden

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2014
Are privacy's days numbered? Pew asks experts to weigh in

For Pew, experts predict the future of privacy
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Privacy, Pew Research Center, "The Future of Privacy, " Lee Rainie, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice William Douglas, Laural Papworth, Fred Baker, Alf Rehn, Kate Crawford, Andrew Bridges, Jerry Michalski, William Schrader, The Imitation Game, Enigma code

Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 16, 2014
Making art out of the data of everyday life

For followers of a growing self-discovery movement preoccupied with personal-data mining, the quantities in our lives can say a lot about its quality.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, data, personal data, art, Eugene Granovsky, quantified self, self-knowledge, Gary Wolf, Kevin Kelly, Wired, lifeloggers, lifelogging, Mark Moschel, 1871, OK Cupid, Instagram, uncurated life, AskMeEvery, happiness, Stephen Cartwright, sculpture, Elmhurst Art Museum, EAM, Nadine Wasserman, Rachel Seligman, Carleton College, privacy, GPS, location, Staci Boris, Jennifer Dalton, appraisals, Christie's, value, John Peña, drawings, travel, Natalie Miebach, music, Suzanne Szucs, Polaroids, photography, film

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2014
On the day every American wanted to protect Bode Miller

Alpine skiing and asking banal questions at the Olympics are both high-risk jobs.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Bode Miller, Christin Cooper, Sochi Olympics, Super-G, NBC, privacy, Andrew Werbrecht, Chelone Miller, Keith Olbermann, Richard Sandomir, New York Times, Slate, Justin Peters, Matt Lauer

Film, Movie Review Jan 30, 2013
Recommended
Location is everything in the Brazilian drama Neighboring Sounds

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Les Miserables, Tom Hooper, The King's Speech, Neighboring Sounds, Brazil, Gene Siskel Film Center, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Robert Altman, Recife, Pernambuco, condominium towers, Aaron Cutler, Cinema Scope, architecture, Maeve Jinkings, Queen, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, surveillance cameras, privacy, Irandhir Santos, Nivaldo Nascimento, W.J. Solha, Gustavo Jahn, Irma Brown, Taxi Driver, New York, Recommended

Music, Music Column Oct 6, 2011
Making digital music social

Spotify and Turntable.fm try to turn the cloud into a listening lounge
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, iTunes, digital music, iPod, listening habits, social networks, SoundCloud, Last.fm, Rdio, scrobbing, SoundTracking, Instagram, Shazam, SoundHound, Turntable.fm, Rhapsody, MOG, Sportify, privacy

Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2011
Wiretaps are increasing

Law enforcement agencies are using wiretaps more than ever, mostly for drug investigations.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: News, surveillance, wiretap, Julian Sanchez, Cato Institute, spies, U.S. government, crime, law enforcement, Fourth Amendment, privacy

News & Politics, Media Jan 20, 2011
Dear John: You've Been Scanned

As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, privacy, classmates.com, yearbooks, United Online, Inc, Mark Goldston, Dear John letters, ephemera, digitization

Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2010
5/15 — Free Document Shredding at Liberty Bank

Free document shredding on Sat 5/15 at Liberty Bank.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Free Shit, Other Stuff, Apropos of Nothing, Swag, Liberty Bank, privacy, identity theft, free services, shredding, paper shredding

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Apr 29, 2010
Savage Love: April 29, 2010

Ball sack is the new pussy.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, privacy, pussy, ball sack, birth control, miscarriage, pregnancy, Planned Parenthood, cross-dresser, vajazzling

News & Politics, Media Aug 6, 2009
Twitter's Not Private . . .

But is it private-ish? If Horizon Realty insists on a jury trial for Amanda Bonnen, we may find out it is.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Twitter, Amanda Bonnen, Horizon Realty, William Douglas, Marian Wang, Chicago Bar-Tender, Lisa Donovan, Chicago Sun-Times, new media, social networking, privacy, Bill of Rights, Jeffrey Michael, Eric Zorn

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2007
You're being ~~watched~~ archived

Panopticon update: Google's creepy Street View comes to Chicago.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Millennium Park, photography, Google, Street View, privacy

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Prime suspects

How would anyone benefit from sending unsolicited, free Amazon packages to random addresses?

When a 16-year-old is getting sexted as her sister sulks

What to be concerned about—and what not to. Plus: Stepdad, don’t creep; Mom, don’t freak.

Many Americans aren't taking government surveillance seriously

Pew reports study of things public does to protect personal privacy: not much.

Are privacy's days numbered? Pew asks experts to weigh in

For Pew, experts predict the future of privacy

Making art out of the data of everyday life

For followers of a growing self-discovery movement preoccupied with personal-data mining, the quantities in our lives can say a lot about its quality.

On the day every American wanted to protect Bode Miller

Alpine skiing and asking banal questions at the Olympics are both high-risk jobs.

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Location is everything in the Brazilian drama Neighboring Sounds

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.

Making digital music social

Spotify and Turntable.fm try to turn the cloud into a listening lounge

Wiretaps are increasing

Law enforcement agencies are using wiretaps more than ever, mostly for drug investigations.

Dear John: You've Been Scanned

As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts

5/15 — Free Document Shredding at Liberty Bank

Free document shredding on Sat 5/15 at Liberty Bank.

Savage Love: April 29, 2010

Ball sack is the new pussy.

Twitter's Not Private . . .

But is it private-ish? If Horizon Realty insists on a jury trial for Amanda Bonnen, we may find out it is.

You're being watched archived

Panopticon update: Google's creepy Street View comes to Chicago.

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How would anyone benefit from sending unsolicited, free Amazon packages to random addresses?

What to be concerned about—and what not to. Plus: Stepdad, don’t creep; Mom, don’t freak.

Pew reports study of things public does to protect personal privacy: not much.

For Pew, experts predict the future of privacy

For followers of a growing self-discovery movement preoccupied with personal-data mining, the quantities in our lives can say a lot about its quality.

Alpine skiing and asking banal questions at the Olympics are both high-risk jobs.

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.

Spotify and Turntable.fm try to turn the cloud into a listening lounge

Law enforcement agencies are using wiretaps more than ever, mostly for drug investigations.

As it puts old yearbooks online, classmates.com brings public attention to private messages and broken hearts

Free document shredding on Sat 5/15 at Liberty Bank.

Ball sack is the new pussy.

But is it private-ish? If Horizon Realty insists on a jury trial for Amanda Bonnen, we may find out it is.

Panopticon update: Google's creepy Street View comes to Chicago.

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