Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p>On authors who were publishing information technology panopticon concerns in the 1980s, or earlier</p><p>A quickie dump.</p><p>Paul Baran / RAND</p><p>"On the Engineer's Responsibility in Protecting Privacy"<br>"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"<br>"The Coming Computer Utility -- Laissez-Faire, Licensing, or Regulation?"<br>"Remarks on the Question of Privacy Raised by the Automation of Mental Health Records"<br>"Some Caveats on the Contribution of Technology to Law Enforcement"</p><p>Largely written/published 1967--1969.</p><p><a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/b/baran_paul.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rand.org/pubs/authors/b/baran_</span><span class="invisible">paul.html</span></a></p><p>Willis Ware / RAND</p><p>Too numerous to list fully, 1960s --1990s. Highlights:</p><p>"Security and Privacy in Computer Systems" (1967)<br>"Computers in Society's Future" (1971)<br>"Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens" (1973<br>"Privacy and Security Issues in Information Systems" (1976)<br>"Information Systems, Security, and Privacy" (1983)<br>"The new faces of privacy" (1993)</p><p><a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/w/ware_willis_h.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rand.org/pubs/authors/w/ware_w</span><span class="invisible">illis_h.html</span></a></p><p>Misc</p><p>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).</p><p><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-the-age-of-the-smart-machine-the-future-of-work-and-power/oclc/60966402" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/in-the-age-</span><span class="invisible">of-the-smart-machine-the-future-of-work-and-power/oclc/60966402</span></a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/inageofsmartmach00zubo/page/n7/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/inageofsma</span><span class="invisible">rtmach00zubo/page/n7/mode/2up</span></a></p><p>"Danger to Civil Rights?", 80 Microcomputing (1982)</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/stream/80_Microcomputing_Issue_26_1982-02_1001001_US#page/n295/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/stream/80_Microcom</span><span class="invisible">puting_Issue_26_1982-02_1001001_US#page/n295/mode/2up</span></a> (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14329877" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1</span><span class="invisible">4329877</span></a>)</p><p>"Computer-Based National Information Systems: Technology and Public Policy", NTIS (September 1981)</p><p><a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_5/DATA/1981/8109.PDF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ot</span><span class="invisible">a_5/DATA/1981/8109.PDF</span></a></p><p>"23 to Study Computer ‘Threat’" (1970)</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/12/archives/23-to-study-computer-threat.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/1970/03/12/archive</span><span class="invisible">s/23-to-study-computer-threat.html</span></a></p><p>The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy</p><p>"Privacy and Information Technology" bibliography is largely 1990--present, but contains some earlier references.</p><p><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/#Bib" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-</span><span class="invisible">privacy/#Bib</span></a></p><p>Similarly "Privacy"</p><p><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/pri</span><span class="invisible">vacy/</span></a></p><p>Credit Reporting / Legislation</p><p>US Privacy Act of 1974</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1974" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">justice.gov/opcl/privacy-act-1</span><span class="invisible">974</span></a></p><p>Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 - Queensland Government, Australia</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/act-1971-050" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pd</span><span class="invisible">f/inforce/current/act-1971-050</span></a></p><p>Arthur R. Miller, The assault on privacy: computers, data banks, and dossiers</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/assaultonprivacy00mill/page/n7/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/assaultonp</span><span class="invisible">rivacy00mill/page/n7/mode/2up</span></a></p><p>"The Computer, the Consumer and Privacy" (1984)</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinreview/the-computer-the-consumer-and-privacy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinr</span><span class="invisible">eview/the-computer-the-consumer-and-privacy.html</span></a></p><p>Richard Boeth / Newsweek</p><p>The specific item I'd had in mind:</p><p>Richard Boeth, "Is Privacy Dead", Newsweek, July 27, 1970</p><p><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/11/is-privacy-dead.html%EF%BB%BF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/articles/201</span><span class="invisible">3/06/11/is-privacy-dead.html%EF%BB%BF</span></a></p><p>Direct PDF: <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/712228/1970-newsweek-coverstory-privacy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.documentcloud.org/docum</span><span class="invisible">ents/712228/1970-newsweek-coverstory-privacy.pdf</span></a></p><p>Based on an HN comment: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24851736" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2</span><span class="invisible">4851736</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panopticon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/PaulBaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulBaran</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WillisWare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillisWare</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RAND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAND</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ShoshanaZuboff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShoshanaZuboff</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RichardBoeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardBoeth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/CreditReporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditReporting</span></a></p>