Technology and the Emerging Post-Privacy Era

Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, portending a realignment of the public and the private

As telephone conversations have moved to the Internet, so have those who want to listen in. But the technology needed to do so would entail a dangerous expansion of the government's surveillance powers

Introduction to SciAm's issue on Privacy. Our jittery state since 9/11, coupled with the Internet revolution, is shifting the boundaries between public interest and "the right to be let alone"

History is ambiguous about government willingness to protect private life, but a few recommendations can help keep its future secure

What steps do you take to protect your personal information?

Looking back at the surveillance all around us--from wiretapped phones to security cameras

Facebook, Yahoo, and Google come under fire for allowing advertisers to follow online consumer behavior to create targeted messages

Google, Microsoft and other providers of Web-based services for managing health care information promise to keep it secure, but privacy policies vary from site to site

ScientificAmerican.com, with help from our international colleagues, highlights privacy and security issues in China, Japan, the Middle East, Russia and the U.K.

The author asked some of his acquaintances for permission to break into their online banking accounts. The goal was simple: get into their online accounts using the information about them, their families and acquaintances that is freely available online

Can Lancaster University's Isis Project keep children safe online without invading our privacy?

ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier talks about your privacy and the threats to it. See our privacy package online at SciAm.com, as well as the September special single-topic issue of Scientific American. Steve Mirsky reports

With less than three months before the presidential election, the hotly contested state, Ohio, along with others, continue to have problems with E-voting technology

Protesters, terrorists and warmongers have found the Internet to be a useful tool to achieve their goals. Who will bring law and order to cyberspace?

Edward Davidson reportedly shot his wife and daughters before turning the gun on himself after escaping from minimum-security prison

State Department shows off Cold War-era electronic eavesdropping gadgets

President scores victory in effort to widen scope of federal government's warrantless recon power

A new biometrics system uses the blood network in the palms of your hand to ID individuals

Researchers outline project to send long-distance, ultrasecure messages on Earth via the International Space Station

This time, a thief made off with a computer containing unencrypted details of about 2,500 participants in an NIH clinical trial

Researchers warn that implantable medical devices could be vulnerable to cyber strikes

Eight years after the controversial 2000 presidential election, electronic voting systems still fail to deliver on their promise of accuracy and security