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March 24, 2017 30 mins
Libraries have always been places for free and unfettered intellectual exploration. But how is this threatened by the inherent leakiness and insecurity of the networks we use to access information these days? In this episode we talk to Alison Macrina, Bill Marden, Melissa Morrone, Chuck McAndrew, and Phoebe Stein about privacy policies, CryptoParties, Tor relays, and other adventures. CORRECTION: The episode says that Chuck's surveillance self-defense courses can be found at leblibrary.org -- the website is actually leblibrary.com. Here is a link: https://leblibrary.com/online-self-defense Related Articles and Resources: BPL's Digital Privacy Curriculum: http://www.dataprivacyproject.org/ Protecting Patron Privacy, Library Journal, July 14, 2016 by Alison Macrina http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/07/digital-resources/protecting-patron-privacy/ ALA Questions and Answers on Privacy and Confidentiality http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=interpretations&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15347 Library Patron Privacy in 2014 - Honoring the Legacy of Zoia Horn, CUNY School of Law, 2014, by Sarah Landon http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=cl_pubs A Flaw in the Design, by Craig Timberg, May 30, 2015, The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/05/30/net-of-insecurity-part-1/?utm_term=.036cf687d2ce Library Freedom Project: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/ State Privacy Laws Regarding Library Records http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacyconfidentiality/privacy/stateprivacy EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense: https://ssd.eff.org/en Tactical Tech's Security-in-a-box: https://tacticaltech.org/projects/security-box Down the Security Rabbit Hole: http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/ Privacy Paradox podcast: https://project.wnyc.org/privacy-paradox/ TechSNAP podcast: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/ Music and Soundtracks: Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald This podcast uses these sounds from freesound: probe1gain by pheonelai (http://www.freesound.org/people/phoenelai/) Intro 1L72 by Setuniman (http://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/) etc.. Tools used to record this podcast: Blue Yeti microphone: www.bluemic.com/products/yeti/ Transcribe: transcribe.wreally.com/app Reaper: www.reaper.fm/ Izotope: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-plug-in-pack.html
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