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Privacy concerns cause 'PJ' to close Groklaw

• a3n 13y ago
  > I asked Jones about someone else continuing Groklaw and she told me, she'd be happy "If anyone wants to do it, if it was someone like that, but no one will. It's so much work. It's too big to be a part-time thing." > Sadly, she's right. I'm a workaholic myself and I'm known for producing many stories in a short amount of time. I couldn't maintain her level of quality journalism for a month much less the more than ten years Jones kept Groklaw going. zdnet or TheGuardian could hire her, and make that her beat.
• Angostura 13y ago
  This seems a bit odd - isn't this the 2nd time that she said she was bowing out? The last time I thought it was going to be taken over by a group of students and their lecturers - what happened there? And if the NSA's activities make it Groklaw too dangerous for sources, surely it is irresponsible to let someone else take over?
  • andrewfelix 13y ago
    Read the her final article. Her reasons are more complex and personal than security and privacy. It's very real and poignant, and another element of the chilling effect of surveillance. You don't have to be at risk of arrest to suffer the consequences of surveillance. Being listened to has wide reaching cultural and societal consequences.
    • rainsford 13y ago
      To be honest, I found the final article more confusing than anything else. It was certainly well written, but it didn't make much of a connection for me between the recent news coverage, or even the email privacy bit at the beginning of her post, and choosing to shutter a public blog devoted to discussions of legal topics.