Bartlett Cleland
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ConstitutionGovernmentLiberty
Facing Down the Surveillance State
by Bartlett Cleland October 29, 2019A ban on facial recognition software used by law enforcement or government agencies that started in San Francisco and Oakland has, in part, gone statewide
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Internet/Telecom
Severe Storm Warning for 5G, Inaccuracies Flood Watch
by Bartlett Cleland June 12, 2019Government often seems quite adept at solving yesterday’s problems, building or protecting systems that are irrelevant today.
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Some might recall searching for “pirate treasure” in their youth, hoping to come across an abandoned gold mine brimming with wealth, or even finding a path to candy land.
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Government
California’s New Privacy Law is No Model for the Nation
by Bartlett Cleland January 4, 2019The fundamental problem of defining privacy is the same as defining obscenity. What is an outrage to one person is no big deal to another.
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Internet/Telecom
Government Must Put Innovation First in Communications Innovation, Including 5G
by Bartlett Cleland August 10, 2018T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere and Sprint’s Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure discussed at length their combined company’s plans for 5G deployment if the government approves their merger.
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Internet/Telecom
Streamlining the Future: Reducing Resistance to Broadband Everywhere
by Bartlett Cleland July 23, 2018Next week, the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to move forward on the ”STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act.”
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GovernmentInternet/TelecomLegal Affairs
Are You Secure? Really? How Do You Know?
by Bartlett Cleland June 28, 2018Cyberthreats against the private sector have been well covered in the press over the last few years.
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EconomicsLibertyPoliticsRegulation
Can You Understand Me Now? Privacy Policy Basics
by Bartlett Cleland June 27, 2018Despite coughing up reams of information about themselves in exchange for often minimal benefits, consumers are now suddenly concerned about their privacy.
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For two decades the internet hummed along, creating new opportunities for people, business, and ideas.
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FeaturedGovernment
Your Privacy at Risk When Government Drives Your Car?
by Bartlett Cleland April 27, 2018The government industrial policy efforts around automated vehicles should end, for the sake of our safety, security and privacy.
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Tomorrow, the power of one vote could become very apparent.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
It’s About Time! Restoring Internet Freedom
by Bartlett Cleland December 18, 2017There must have been a time, a moment, in each instance when freedom and liberty triumphed that the people exclaimed “Finally!” Today is such a day for internet freedom.
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For years consumers have watched videotapes, DVDs, and now digital movies as they see fit. But now a filtering enabled video streaming service would seek to upset that balance just so it can use other’s property without permission to make money.