http://www.noplacetohide.net/
None of this is new to me, really, but it is such a daunting thing that it is easy to ignore. As O'Harrow puts it, "where one effort ends, another begins, often with the same technology and aims." Its hard to keep track of the numerous ways information is being collected about us every second. I have always felt that many of America's post-9/11 'security' efforts have been reactionary and inefficient, and this 1984-like world we live in now is just another example. Its like a bad relationship with no boundaries. If you are completely open with your significant other, give them your bank records, email and facebook password, etc., even the most secure foundations of trust will become shaky, and your partner will find whatever it is they want to find - whether it actually exists or not.
http://epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/
The first thing I notice is that most of this stuff is from 2005 or earlier - is there nothing more recent?
http://greatlibrarynews.blogspot.com/2008/09/myturn-protecting-privacy-rights-in.html
This sounds like a sticky situation - it comes back to knowing the laws and your library's policies, but also understanding the basic rights afforded to citizens (and children, who seem easy to overlook in terms of rights).
I feel like this blog would be more useful with some context (for this class).
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