REDUX: "Climbing the walls of your electronic cage"

BTC- Late last year I started to get the distinct feeling I was voluntarily stepping into some sort of electronic or digital cage by using the Internet. Apparently, I am not the only one to have that thought. In fact, there has been commentary on our dimming prospects for privacy due to the net as far back as 1999!

The Michigan Law Review released this paper.
CLIMBING THE WALLS OF YOUR ELECTRONIC CAGE 

A man named Lawrence Lessig came up with the idea of creating an online Constitution.

Late last year digital privacy proponents took a crack at developing the Social Networking Bill of Rights. His ideas may be what has helped inspire the Digital Due Process movement. Congress and the other federal branches are not making the 4th Amendment jump from analog to digital so cleanly.

FOR EXAMPLE: Regulating Google’s Results? Law Prof Calls ‘Search Neutrality’ Incoherent

Awesome reports from CNET and Gizmodo!

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Phil Mocek wins his case against the TSA over the use of ID to fly.  Shortly afterward,  Jesse "The Body" Ventura - OUR HERO- launched his civil suit against the agency.



Homeland Security Showdown commentary c/o Dave Rittgers on Dana Priest's championship budget slaying contest.  "A government agent on every corner, a wiretap on every phone" rivals Hoover's "a chicken in every pot" these days.

Location privacy is such a big deal.  Sen. Ron Wyden introduced some mobile privacy legislation.  On Friday, Data Privacy Day, CDT will be having a dinner to talk about the subject.

The irony and duality of Zuckerberg's Facebook identity as it was recently hacked.  People are quickly tiring from

Egypt is in denial. They are clearly flipping out and trying to suppress "revolting" Tweets and Social Networking after Wikileaks dropped a cable concerning Tunisia. One might make the jump from here as to why the "kill switch" bill is returning to the U.S. Congress.

In case you didn't hear,  Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake was detained for a couple of hours in an attempt to visit Brad Manning, who undoubtedly is being mistreated by his captors.  If you're not sure about this, START ASKING QUESTIONS!