Ryan Singel
Encyclopedia
Ryan Singel is a San Francisco-based blogger and journalist covering tech business, tech policy, civil liberty and privacy issues. His work has appeared extensively in Wired.com, and Singel co-founded the Threat Level blog
with journalist and convicted hacker Kevin Lee Poulsen. As of 2008, he began covering tech business news for "Wired.com"'s Epicenter blog.
Singel has covered issues of government monitoring
, and has been a chronicler of AT&T
's alleged
involvement in the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
. Involvement by Wired News in the case has been criticized by federal authorities.
Singel also founded a copy editing company called The Universal Desk in 2009.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
with journalist and convicted hacker Kevin Lee Poulsen. As of 2008, he began covering tech business news for "Wired.com"'s Epicenter blog.
Singel has covered issues of government monitoring
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
, and has been a chronicler of AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
's alleged
Plausible deniability
Plausible deniability is, at root, credible ability to deny a fact or allegation, or to deny previous knowledge of a fact. The term most often refers to the denial of blame in chains of command, where upper rungs quarantine the blame to the lower rungs, and the lower rungs are often inaccessible,...
involvement in the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy concerns surveillance of persons within the United States during the collection of foreign intelligence by the U.S. National Security Agency as part of the war on terror...
. Involvement by Wired News in the case has been criticized by federal authorities.
Singel also founded a copy editing company called The Universal Desk in 2009.
External links
- emergentchaos.com Does Ryan Singel need a privacy policy?
- Wired.com Threat Level blog
- Wired.com Epicenter blog
- Singel-Minded Singel's personal site
- The Universal Desk Singel's editing service