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What It’s Like to Get a National-Security Letter : The New Yorker An interview with Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, one of a handful of people who have received a National Security Letter and had the accompanying gag order lifted.

Ben Alman » Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) A detailed explanation of JavaScript functions as expressions

JavaScript Module Pattern: In-Depth Walk-through of the JavaScript module pattern and some advanced uses

Persuading David Simon Fantastic essay by Maciej Ceg?owski looking at the technological and political effects of massive, secretive government surveillance.

This is already old, but… There be a dragon in it. So there. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Five myths about privacy – The Washington Post We don’t have to choose between preserving privacy and preventing terrorism. We do have to decide how much oversight and accountability there should be when the government conducts surveillance of its citizens.

Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone. When the government starts monitoring the […]

shortformblog: The difference between Google and Bing.

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The Rise of the Mobile-Only User – Karen McGrane – Harvard Business Review Mobile-only users aren’t some strange new breed of customer, signaling their desire for different messages, content, and services through their choice of screen size and form factor. They’re just your customer. You can and should speak to them in same way you […]

How to design a responsive HTML email | Webdesigner Depot Guide to creating a responsive HTML email

The thing and the whole of the thing: on DRM in HTML | as days pass by Stuart Langridge on DRM in HTML. (via Jeremy Keith)