Paul Baran / RAND
- "On the Engineer's Responsibility in Protecting Privacy"
- "On the Future Computer Era: Modification of the American Character and the Role of the Engineer, or, A Little Caution in the Haste to Number"
- "The Coming Computer Utility -- Laissez-Faire, Licensing, or Regulation?"
- "Remarks on the Question of Privacy Raised by the Automation of Mental Health Records"
- "Some Caveats on the Contribution of Technology to Law Enforcement"
Largely written/published 1967--1969.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/b/baran_paul.html
Willis Ware / RAND
Too numerous to list fully, 1960s --1990s. Highlights:
- "Security and Privacy in Computer Systems" (1967)
- "Computers in Society's Future" (1971)
- "Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens" (1973
- "Privacy and Security Issues in Information Systems" (1976)
- "Information Systems, Security, and Privacy" (1983)
- "The new faces of privacy" (1993)
https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/w/ware_willis_h.html
Misc
Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power (1988) Notably reviewed in the Whole Earth Catalog's Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (1988).
https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-the-age-of-the-smart-machi... https://archive.org/details/inageofsmartmach00zubo/page/n7/m...
"Danger to Civil Rights?", 80 Microcomputing (1982)
https://archive.org/stream/80_Microcomputing_Issue_26_1982-0... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14329877)
"Computer-Based National Information Systems: Technology and Public Policy", NTIS (September 1981)
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1981/8109.PDF
"23 to Study Computer ‘Threat’" (1970)
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/12/archives/23-to-study-comp...
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Privacy and Information Technology" bibliography is largely 1990--present, but contains some earlier references.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/#Bib
Similarly "Privacy"
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/privacy/
Credit Reporting / Legislation
US Privacy Act of 1974
https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974
Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 - Queensland Government, Australia
https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/...
Arthur R. Miller, The assault on privacy: computers, data banks, and dossiers
https://archive.org/details/assaultonprivacy00mill/page/n7/m...
"The Computer, the Consumer and Privacy" (1984)
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinreview/the-computer... Richard Boeth / Newsweek
The specific item I'd had in mind:
Richard Boeth, "Is Privacy Dead", Newsweek, July 27, 1970
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/11/is-privacy-...
Direct PDF: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/712228/1970-newsw...
Based on an HN comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2
Paul Baran / RAND
- "On the Engineer's Responsibility in Protecting Privacy"
- "On the Future Computer Era: Modification of the American Character and the Role of the Engineer, or, A Little Caution in the Haste to Number"
- "The Coming Computer Utility -- Laissez-Faire, Licensing, or Regulation?"
- "Remarks on the Question of Privacy Raised by the Automation of Mental Health Records"
- "Some Caveats on the Contribution of Technology to Law Enforcement"
Largely written/published 1967--1969.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/b/baran_paul.html
Willis Ware / RAND
Too numerous to list fully, 1960s --1990s. Highlights:
- "Security and Privacy in Computer Systems" (1967)
- "Computers in Society's Future" (1971)
- "Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens" (1973
- "Privacy and Security Issues in Information Systems" (1976)
- "Information Systems, Security, and Privacy" (1983)
- "The new faces of privacy" (1993)
https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/w/ware_willis_h.html
Misc
Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power (1988) Notably reviewed in the Whole Earth Catalog's Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (1988).
https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-the-age-of-the-smart-machi... https://archive.org/details/inageofsmartmach00zubo/page/n7/m...
"Danger to Civil Rights?", 80 Microcomputing (1982)
https://archive.org/stream/80_Microcomputing_Issue_26_1982-0... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14329877)
"Computer-Based National Information Systems: Technology and Public Policy", NTIS (September 1981)
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1981/8109.PDF
"23 to Study Computer ‘Threat’" (1970)
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/12/archives/23-to-study-comp...
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Privacy and Information Technology" bibliography is largely 1990--present, but contains some earlier references.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/#Bib
Similarly "Privacy"
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/privacy/
Credit Reporting / Legislation
US Privacy Act of 1974
https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974
Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 - Queensland Government, Australia
https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/...
Arthur R. Miller, The assault on privacy: computers, data banks, and dossiers
https://archive.org/details/assaultonprivacy00mill/page/n7/m...
"The Computer, the Consumer and Privacy" (1984)
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinreview/the-computer... Richard Boeth / Newsweek
The specific item I'd had in mind:
Richard Boeth, "Is Privacy Dead", Newsweek, July 27, 1970
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/11/is-privacy-...
Direct PDF: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/712228/1970-newsw...
Based on an HN comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2