Privacy Project Radio

Privacy Project Radio In 1991 public radio aired a groundbreaking 13 part radio series titled "The Privacy Project." Back then, few people cared about electronic privacy.

This was before the Internet when CallerID, cellphones and email were just arriving. Today everything is different; we're surrounded by smartphones, surveillance cams, security profiling, and ubiquitous Internet services that remember and analyze our movements, our purchases and even our relationships. For the past twenty years friends and colleagues have asked us, "when will you produce another P

rivacy Project?" The answer was always "not yet..." But now we're ready. Now the issues have become so interesting again that we can't resist the challenge of picking-up the privacy story where we left it off, 20 years ago. We won't just be cataloging new privacy invasions, we'll endeavor (as we did before) to find out what it all means, for all of us as members of a complex society and as individuals with precious constitutional rights protect. We invite you to join us in a wide-ranging conversation here on Facebook. As the project grows, we'll add podcasts and full-blown documentary productions for Public Radio. Thank you for your interest and support! Gregg McVicar
Gabriela Castelan
Executive Producers

Hope you can open this fascinating piece from The Washington Post.
10/07/2024

Hope you can open this fascinating piece from The Washington Post.

Google’s NotebookLM turns documents you upload into an AI-generated ‘deep dive’ podcast. Should you trust it?

A LOT of folks are tuned-in today. Come on by!
05/04/2024

A LOT of folks are tuned-in today. Come on by!

Music With Your Mind In Mind

hmmmm....
03/26/2021

hmmmm....

If you want to stop Google from providing your personal information to authorities who have issued an administrative subpoena, you need to act fast.

Not good...
01/31/2021

Not good...

An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images.

Tech messes with Texas.
01/23/2021

Tech messes with Texas.

Employee for ADT accessed ~200 customer cams on more than 9,600 occasions.

Yikes. 😳
12/08/2020

Yikes. 😳

The Silicon Valley company said hackers — almost certainly Russian — made off with tools that could be used to mount new attacks around the world.

Emotional tone sensing?
08/28/2020

Emotional tone sensing?

Amazon's new health service and fitness band offers a new take on health metrics that includes a body fat analysis using your phone's camera and voice analysis to determine how you sound to others.

This is pretty amazing...
03/12/2020

This is pretty amazing...

How Indian call-centre scammers justified tricking Western victims out of hard-earned money.

You have nothing to hide, right? Unless you become a suspect for having innocently passed by the scene of the crime.
03/07/2020

You have nothing to hide, right? Unless you become a suspect for having innocently passed by the scene of the crime.

Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking.

Hmmmm....one more reason to avoid social media? 🤨
03/05/2020

Hmmmm....one more reason to avoid social media?
🤨

Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.

Hey WhatsApp...What'sUp?
01/24/2020

Hey WhatsApp...What'sUp?

It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos’ photos and texts.

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