Last year I participated in a government working group to assess the security and privacy of a similar program developed by the Transportation Security Administration, called Secure Flight.
The sensitive nature of medical information also means that the security and privacy of patient records must be handled carefully.
The question is whether their pursuit of that mission threatens to undermine the security and privacy of Internet communications".
If true, these efforts threaten to seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications.
This broad perception of the intelligence mission has natural consequences for the security and privacy of all users.
He said the appeals court's approach "subjugates the security and privacy of a citizen's home to advancing technological development".
But the security and privacy of the study subjects are paramount concerns, said Dr. David Altshuler of the Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T., a leader of the group.
The new details seem likely to increase the debate about the security and privacy of vast computing systems such as Google's that now centralize the personal information of millions of individuals and businesses.
Earlier this year, when Apple battled the F.B.I. over whether to help the agency break into a locked iPhone that had been used by a gunman in a mass shooting, the security and privacy of digital data was also invoked.
The company, America's most valuable, argued that creating such software would force the company to betray its values along with the security and privacy of all of its customers.
There is a saving grace for consumers though, which is that mainstream smartphone manufacturers – including Apple, Google and Samsung – have steadily increased the security and privacy of their offerings.
