25 September 2023
Katherine Maher (Wikimedia Foundation) and Jillian C. York (Electronic Frontier Foundation, JillianCYork.com)
On Interrobang‽, Katherine and Jillian discuss the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for online freedom. They then turn to the survey by the writers’ organization PEN showing widespread concern over online surveillance. Can a barrage of FOIA requests expose how the FBI operates? Is the NSA spying on your cell phone even when it’s turned off? Is the International Space Station infected with malware? Is international development being used as a front for surveillance? Plus: Did comedian Andy Kaufman fake his own death?
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Katherine Maher
Jillian C. York
NY Times editorial on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
EFF’s reaction to the TPP
Wikileaks release on the provisions of TPP
NY Times article on PEN
PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Mother Jones on Ryan Shapiro and the FBI
Privacy International on cellphone tracking
Video of Eugene Kaspersky discussing malware on the ISS
Report on surveillance and international development
NY Times on biometrics in India
Gawker on whether Andy Kaufman is still alive
Interrobang‽ | Nov 16, 2013 | Katherine Maher & Jillian C. York
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