All Passcode Voices
- With big data invading campus, universities risk unfairly profiling their students
Obama's proposed Student Digital Privacy Act aims to limit what schools can do with data collected from apps used in K-12 classrooms. But college students are just as vulnerable to privacy violations.
- Opinion: Snowden's leaked PowerPoints provide flawed view of American spy agencies
Classified PowerPoint slides from the US intelligence community have been spilling across the Web. Some have led to thoughtful debates on privacy. But many offer only a misleading view of real policies, practices, and intentions within the spy agencies.
- Opinion: Why the US isn't behind the North Korean Internet outage
North Korea has a fragile Internet, with a risk of being disconnected from the Web for any number of minor sneezes. But an attack of this nature can be easily attributed to the US and the administration should be up front about it.
- Opinion: In response to Sony hack, US should focus on China not North Korea
President Obama has few good options from deterring North Korea from attacking – but he might be able to convince Beijing.
- Opinion: The case against publishing hacked Sony e-mails
Since the hacked Sony e-mails have nothing to do with whistleblowing or matters of political and national importance, publishing them is nothing more than privacy evisceration courtesy of media opportunism.
- How Washington should think about the Internet of Things
In an Op-Ed from Passcode partner Center for Data Innovation, Daniel Castro and Joshua New argue that policymakers can help foster the Internet of Things without crippling 'it with unnecessary or overbearing regulations.'