Privacy / Noël Merino, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Do technological developments threaten privacy? Tracking is an assault on liberty, with real dangers / Nicholas Carr -- No more privacy paranoia / Farhad Manjoo -- iSPY: how the internet buys and sells your secrets / Jamie Bartlett -- Obscurity in using technology is more important than privacy / Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger -- ch. 2. Do security measures infringe on privacy rights? NSA surveillance threatens privacy and security / Bruce Schneier -- Privacy concerns about NSA intelligence gathering are unfounded / Gary Schmitt -- Privacy is a red herring: the debate over NSA surveillance is about something else entirely / Rosa Brooks -- The use of surveillance drones is a threat to privacy / Andrew Napolitano -- Privacy concerns should not stunt the growth of the drone industry / Pierre Hines -- Biometrics are the future of identification / Tim De Chant -- Biometric identification raises privacy concerns without increasing security / Katitza Rodriguez -- ch. 3. Is medical privacy adequately protected? Private DNA tests raise a variety of privacy concerns / Benjamin Winterhalter -- The FDA could set personal genetics rights back decades / Gary Marchant -- How ObamaCare destroys your privacy / Betsy McCaughey -- The National Electronic Health Care Database improves health care / Kathleen Sebelius -- ch. 4. How should privacy be protected? Privacy in the age of surveillance / Dinah PoKempner -- An overreach for the NSA's critics / Charles C.W. Cooke -- Big data, public and private / Paul Pillar -- A consumer bill of rights is needed to protect privacy on the internet / White House -- Fourth Amendment protections need revision to protect privacy / David Cole.

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