Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Telescreens 2026

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     Yes, this one is about these devices:      Flock has 120,000 cameras in 49 states that capture 20 billion license plates a month—alon...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Going Your Own Way

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     Yes, yes, yes: My “output” is declining. But then, so am I, and not slowly. Please bear with me. These days it takes a lot more effort ...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Creating Your Own Problems

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. Happy Vernal Equinox (traditional). Wherever you are in this blessed land, I hope you’ll enjoy beautiful s...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Your Dwindling Privacy

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     Books have been written about it. Commentators have ranted about it. Vast arguments between supposed “policy wonks” have addressed it. ...
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

Re-Privatization

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     “Opinions are like assholes: Everybody’s gotta have one.” – Porretto’s Principle of Personal Assertion      I feel a change coming on...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

America’s Secret Police

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     You’d better be wearing your seat belt, Gentle Reader. It’s not often I get to start an essay with a title that provocative, so you can...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Is It Impossible To Go On Offense?

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     There are certain modern innovations of which your Curmudgeon is, to put it gently, not a fan. However, fair consideration has caused h...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

The “Are You Paranoid Enough?” Edition

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     I’ve never been a fan of what’s become known as “the Internet of Things.” Bandwidth around here is precious – too many people are onlin...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

The Secrecy Syndrome

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     To gauge from the Liberty’s Torch email-bag, something I wrote yesterday has struck a nerve, specifically this:      Just as governm...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The War On Cash: A Further Look At The Dynamic

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     At the 1987 California State Libertarian Party convention, legendary Austrian economist Murray Rothbard was asked for his opinion of t...
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Exponential Curves

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     About twelve years ago – yes, I’ve been doing this for that long; since 1997 in fact – I wrote an essay titled “Curves” that appeared a...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Naughty Words Part 3: “Security”

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     Senator Rand Paul has drawn quite a lot of flak for his firm stance against the bulk collection of phone call metadata. Some of that fl...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

What’s Yours...Isn’t

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     I suppose it’s time to head back to the salt mine. After all, the Gentle Readers of Liberty’s Torch might find their moods improving a...
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