Privacy

Personal Info What information is being collected about you, what is being done with it, and what you can do about it.
Your SSAN Governments (Federal, state, and local) may not demand your Social Security number except in some special cases. But since there is no penalty, many (especially local governemments) just ignore this law.
Government Data You may think that the government is good at keeping secrets.
Think again...
Censorship Governments, religious cults, and shady businesses are terrified by the prospect of ordinary people criticizing them in public (and there is no more public forum than the internet).
Privacy Sites How to protect yourself against invasions of your privacy, whether by advertisers or government agencies.
Anonymity Anonymous speech is controversial because of the potential for abuse. But it has a long history of being protected under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Cryptography The best way to protect the confidentiality of your communications is to use strong encryption without giving anyone other than the recipient the key.
Copyright Posting material you didn't author to a web site may violate the copyright owner's rights. Some even claim that linking to their sites violates their rights.