May 14, 2008 10:25 AM PDT
Hiatus
Dear Readers,
I'll be taking the summer off from blogging here at Surveillance State.
On May 5, I started a summer internship at the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. I want to avoid any possible conflict of interest regarding my blog posts, and so the simplest solution is to not blog.
In early September, I move to Boston to begin a 1 year student fellow position at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. I fully expect to begin blogging again as soon as I get to Boston.
See you in a few months.
Christopher Soghoian delves into the areas of security, privacy, technology policy and cyber-law. He is a student fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society , and is a PhD candidate at Indiana University's School of Informatics. His academic work and contact information can be found by visiting www.dubfire.net/chris/. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
The media supporting the security "industry", which has always run on FUD, has become the Judith Miller of the cyber-age. By the way, did you know US databases have been infiltrated by the Chinese? Hackers shut down power for a couple cities? Be afraid. Let them surveil. Your willingness to call this crap what it is has not gone un-noticed.
CISO of a major US city.
I just found your blog and it's wonderful. I look forward to reading it again at the end of the summer.