Accidental Technologist: The Tor Browser and Intellectual Freedom in the Digital Age

2015/06/19 by Alison Macrina · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

paper · pdf · doi:10.5860/rusq.54n4.17

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Abstract

I have wanted to publish a column on privacy as it relates to library technology for a while. While privacy has always been an issue at the forefront of librarians' minds, revelations surrounding the NSA's far-reaching data-collection programs and a seemingly unending string of high-profile breaches at major companies make paying attention to privacy all the more pressing. Having discovered Alison Macrina's work via an appropriately-titled article "Radical Librarianship: How Ninja Librarians are Ensuring Patrons' Electronic Privacy" she was an obvious choice for author. Her work with the Library Freedom Project is vitally important to the future of libraries and recently earned a Knight Foundation grant.

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