In 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Centuries later, we face numerous attacks on our privacy and civil rights, ostensibly for national security. Phone calls are tapped, e-mails are read, and individuals are tracked by video surveillance. We’re told that if you’re not for these invasive surveillance tactics, then you’re with the terrorists. Privacy Lives rejects such fear mongering. This site will chronicle and analyze these attacks and various defenses against them to show that privacy lives on, despite this onslaught.
Melissa Ngo is a Privacy and Information Policy Consultant and the publisher of Privacy Lives, “monitoring the pulse of privacy.” NOTE: The opinions on Privacy Lives are those of Melissa Ngo; these are not necessarily the opinions of her clients and should not be attributed to them.
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