Bio
Jay Stanley (@JayCStanley) is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
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Mar 13, 2014
The Surveillance Machine Moves to Defend Itself
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Mar 5, 2014
Why Computers Will Get Less Logical, And What it Means For Privacy
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Feb 26, 2014
Rapid Improvements in Lidar Technology Could Have Surveillance Implications
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Feb 25, 2014
Chicago Police “Heat List” Renews Old Fears About Government Flagging and Tagging
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Feb 7, 2014
Persistent Aerial Surveillance: Do We Want To Go There, America?
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Feb 4, 2014
Cars That Talk to Each Other: What Are The Privacy Implications?
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Jan 24, 2014
The Shrinking Rationale For Government Surveillance Camera Systems
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Jan 23, 2014
Private Cameras Will Hurt Privacy - But is There a Solution?