The privacy laws of today are terribly outdated. They make assumptions about people’s observation-and-documentation capability that are no longer valid, and at the same time, what was once strongly protected is no longer protected at all. We frequently hear how …

There’s no shortage of justifications for new surveillance powers. One of the more disturbing ones is a trend toward outlawing the mere attempt of maintaining your own privacy against intrusion. When this happens in your country, speak up. This cat-and-mouse …

While the NSA is collecting vast amounts of data about everybody, we need to learn from history that even basic population records have been used for systemic discrimination and genocide. This includes the most basic data like gender and creed, …

In findings that contradict Facebook and the NSA, teenagers are more aware of privacy than ever. But privacy isn’t about “keeping everything to yourself”. It’s much more nuanced than that. Think back to when you were a teenager, when you …

When dismissing privacy concerns, many people use the idea that since they haven’t done anything wrong, they have “nothing to hide”. This disregards the most fundamental fact: it’s not them who determine if they have done anything wrong, but more …

Our parents had certain rights and liberties that they took for granted, inherited from our grandparents. They have not been passed on to our children. That is an enormous failure of our generation. Our parents were able to write a …

The advertising industry has created a private mass-surveillance nightmare on the web, in addition to the government spooks. One resurfacing suggestion to solve this has been a “no surveillance please” option, known as the “Do Not Track” flag. Such a …