Category Archives: Privacy

The Secret Lives of Teenagers

Whenever I read a headline that says something like "The Secret Lives of Teenagers," I’m tempted to roll my eyes a little. Not because I don’t think teenagers have secrets, but because usually a headline this is an attempt to dramatize the bad decisions of a few teenagers and makes parents panics that their totally [...]

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Cameras installed to watch teen drivers

If my dad could’ve, he would’ve installed a GPS chip in my arm when I was a teenager. He also liked teasing me that he kept track of the car mileage so he knew how far I was driving every time I borrowed his car. But I knew he was just razzing me. It was [...]

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Are your parents spying on you?…This guy says they should be.

Yesterday, my friend forwarded me this New York Times column that raves about the benefits of computer spyware. The column basically suggests that the only way for parents today to keep a protective eye on their teenagers is to monitor every move they make online. One example was particularly shocking—a father who didn’t know his [...]

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Do we really need to watch Britney buy groceries?

I heard a story on the radio today about the mobs of photographers the follows Britney Spears. (Instead of the normal US Weekly and People, Spears is on the cover of the political magazine The Atlantic Monthly this month. It’s 150 years old and normally profiles presidents and major world leaders. Britney isn’t typical fare [...]

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