Hey all, I'm one of the authors of the Netflix and social network de-anonymization papers referenced, and the author of http://33bits.org http://33bits.org. I

Hey all, I'm one of the authors of the Netflix and social network de-anonymization papers referenced, and the author of http://33bits.org http://33bits.org. I also had the pleasure of having many talks with law professor Paul Ohm over the technical aspects of his excellent paper (which another commenter has posted a link to.) Paul's paper is a great example of people in the law community "getting it." (He happens to have a CS degree and is a hobbyist perl hacker!) We need more people like Paul, and we equally also need tech people who understand law and policy. I encourage everyone to give Paul's paper a quick read, gain awareness of the issues such why the current privacy laws are wrongheaded and what needs to be changed, and be on the look-out for ways to change things (as consumers, as tech influencers, as citizens). Cheers.