- Andrea Peterson
- Reporter
Andrea Peterson covers technology policy for The Washington Post, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, consumer privacy, transparency, surveillance and open government. She also delves into the societal impacts of technology access and how innovation is intertwined with cultural development.
Peterson was previously a tech reporter for ThinkProgress, and her writing has also appeared on Slate and Science Progress. You can follow her on Twitter or send her an e-mail.
Government privacy board members say shifting NSA data to third parties is a bad idea
Every member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has concerns about the president’s plan to shift call records data out of government hands.
Government board report refutes 9/11 argument for NSA phone records program
Report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board says phone records program is illegal, and undermines claims it may have prevented 9/11.
Just by sitting on them, the government earned another $24 million from Silk Road’s bitcoins
A spike in the price of bitcoins means the spoils from the Silk Road bust are worth much more now than when they were seized.
Half of Americans heard “nothing at all” about the President’s NSA speech
The public’s complicated relationship with NSA snooping.
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- Yale’s crackdown on student Web site creates another headache for administration
- A readers uses the Mafia to explain net neutrality
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