The Acorn

Posts Tagged ‘privacy’

The return of information silos

11.29.2010 · Posted in Foreign Affairs, Security

Wikileaks will have long term consequences on how government’s share information What Julian Assange and Wikileaks have done with privileged US government is plain wrong. Arrogant and self-righteous, the indiscriminate publication of internal discussions, assessments and correspondence cannot be justified on grounds of freedom of information. To suggest that all information must be made public, ...

When BlackBerry went to New Delhi

08.13.2010 · Posted in Economy, Public Policy, Security

BlackBerry must comply with Indian law. India needs a new debate on privacy. Yes, terrorists can use anything to communicate with each other, plan attacks and help carry them out. Hafiz Mohammed Saeed can write letters, in code, and send it by post to his sleeper agents in India. He probably does that. But not ...