Libraries have always been places for free and unfettered intellectual exploration. But how is this threatened by the inherent leakiness and insecurity of the networks we use to access information these days? In this episode we talk to Alison Macrina, Bill Marden, Melissa Morrone, Chuck McAndrew, and Phoebe Stein about privacy policies, CryptoParties, Tor relays, and other adventures.

CORRECTION: The episode says that Chuck's surveillance self-defense courses can be found at leblibrary.org -- the website is actually leblibrary.com. Here is a link: https://leblibrary.com/online-self-defense

Related Articles and Resources:

BPL's Digital Privacy Curriculum: http://www.dataprivacyproject.org/

Protecting Patron Privacy, Library Journal, July 14, 2016 by Alison Macrinahttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/07/digital-resources/protecting-patron-privacy/

ALA Questions and Answers on Privacy and Confidentiality http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=interpretations&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15347

Library Patron Privacy in 2014 - Honoring the Legacy of Zoia Horn, CUNY School of Law, 2014, by Sarah Landonhttp://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=cl_pubs

A Flaw in the Design, by Craig Timberg, May 30, 2015, The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/05/30/net-of-insecurity-part-1/?utm_term=.036cf687d2ce

Library Freedom Project: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/

State Privacy Laws Regarding Library Records http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacyconfidentiality/privacy/stateprivacy EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense: https://ssd.eff.org/enTactical Tech's Security-in-a-box: https://tacticaltech.org/projects/security-box

Down the Security Rabbit Hole: http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/Privacy Paradox podcast: https://project.wnyc.org/privacy-paradox/TechSNAP podcast: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/

Music and Soundtracks:Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonaldThis podcast uses these sounds from freesound:probe1gain by pheonelai (http://www.freesound.org/people/phoenelai/)Intro 1L72 by Setuniman (http://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/)etc..

Tools used to record this podcast:Blue Yeti microphone: www.bluemic.com/products/yeti/Transcribe: transcribe.wreally.com/appReaper: www.reaper.fm/Izotope: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-plug-in-pack.html