Submission + - White House "privacy tour" a flop on its first leg at MIT (betaboston.com)
v3rgEz writes: After the Snowden revelations, President Obama promised greater transparency on how the federal government collects and uses data on its citizens, including a three-leg "privacy tour" to discuss the balance between security and privacy. Well, the first leg of the tour is up and — surprise, surprise — it's not much of a conversation, with official dodging questions or, in one case, simply walking out of the conference.