Habeas data
by Cyrus Farivar · first published 2018
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"Until the 21st century, most of our activities were private by default, public only through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere online forever. That means all of the technologies that have made our lives easier, faster, better, and/or more efficient have also simultaneously made it easier to keep an eye on our activities. Or, as we recently learned from reports about Cambridge Analytica, our data might be turned into a propaganda machine against us. In 10 crucial legal cases, [this book] explores the tools of surveillance th
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Surprised I don't see this listed here. Habeas Data, by Cyrus Farivar: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565026/habeas-data-... Book did an incredibly job outlining the history, twists, and turns privacy and technology have slowly taken over the…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗Habeas Data, by Cyrus Farivar. Examines the history of privacy-related law in the USA - hard to put down once you start reading. https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/habeas-data/
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?” ↗One of the single best books on data collection, privacy, and ownership: https://www.amazon.com/Habeas-Data-Privacy-Rise-Surveillance... In short, once you hand your data over to someone else, Third Party Doctrine applies and you lose MOST of your protections around privacy, warrants, etc. This applies to…
on “Who owns Tesla’s data?” ↗…search and seizure without probable cause and a judicial search warrant." Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine edit: If you want to learn the legal reasoning for this, check out "Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech" by Cyrus Farivar. It's a great and horrifying book.
on “Police get medical records without a warrant” ↗…protected because you must take an active part of disclose them. Of course, they can still order you to give them the password and stick you in jail for Contempt of Court charges if you don't. Check out Habeas Data. It's a fascinating/horrifying book detailing much of this.
on “FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]” ↗Read the book "Habeas Data" It's a great overview of digital privacy and protection laws in the US, how they came about, and what protections they actually offer. The short answer is "very few" and the long answer is "never ever…
on “US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years” ↗I'm reading a great book - Habeas Data - on specifically these issues. The idea of the metadata being separate from the actual data (in terms of surveillance and warrants) became a thing in the late 70s.. a case involving ATT in 1977 iirc.…
on “NSA metadata program “consistent” with Fourth Amendment, Kavanaugh once argued” ↗I will recommend the 2018 book "Habeas Data" which explains a lot of the case law that got us to this point. (https://www.amazon.com/Habeas-Data-Privacy-Rise-Surveillance...)
on “What We Learned About the Hemisphere Program After Suing the DEA” ↗Third-party doctrine. It is awful but well-established. If you want a good grounding in the legal precedents - both laws and decisions - that have gotten us here, read Habeas Data. Great book laying out all the terrible implications.
on “Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes” ↗…via check, credit card or Paypal, now I've involved a third party and the government can collect any information they want. It's up to that third party to choose not to share it. Check out the book "Habeas Data" if you want to understand the US rules - and how we got there - https://amzn.to/311a0yl
on “NSA Buys Americans' Internet Data Without Warrants, Unclassified Letter Says” ↗