The New York Times Opinion Section’s ongoing examination of privacy. 👀 This account is no longer actively updated. Please follow @nytopinion.

Joined March 2019
"It's a matter of stepping back and refusing behaviors that we know are not in our best interests. Either individually or collectively," writes gking01 in a comment on @karaswisher's column, "Be Paranoid About Privacy." nyti.ms/2s8n0Fm
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"Fortunately my agency has no appetite for that kind of invasion of privacy," writes Jamster in a comment on Stuart A. Thompson and Charlie Warzel's Op-Ed, "Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy." nyti.ms/2sWuATk
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.@cwarzel and @stuartathompson pieced together some stories from Pasadena, Calif., over a period of several months. Their eye in the sky wasn’t a network of traffic cams or satellites. It was the data spewing from smartphone apps. nyti.ms/34OQdSX
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Worried about being tracked? @stuartathompson and Gus Wezerek have some tips: nyti.ms/2MAhUsv
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You should be concerned even if you think you have nothing to hide, argues @ClareAngelyn nyti.ms/2J1Ql9m
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"Is a person's backyard, or for that matter, their 200-acre pasture, considered public space just because a person is outdoors?" writes Shonun from Oregon in a comment on "Are We Read for Satellites That See Our Every Move?" nyti.ms/2VMB8yh
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"Police databases now feature the faces of nearly half of Americans — most of whom have no idea their image is there," says @ClareAngelyn nyti.ms/2OQcT0A
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"Congress must declare a national moratorium on the use of face-recognition technology until legal restrictions limiting its use and scope can be developed," argues @ClareAngelyn nyti.ms/2OQcT0A
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Data dignity may not sound possible. But it is. Here’s how to make it work in the real world. nyti.ms/2nR4AWY
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In the face of increasing automation, Jaron Lanier argues that “a dignified data economy is not an option, but a necessity.” nyti.ms/2nR4AWY
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